Binswanger vs. Brunetti: The NZZ Economic Debate Four Weeks Before the 10-Million Vote Executive Summary The Neue Zürcher Zeitung published on May 16, 2026, a debate between economists Mathias Binswanger (University of A...
AI in Government: The German List of Deficiencies and the Swiss Excellence clarus.news | Analysis | May 11, 2026 Two audit offices, two reports, two worlds. In April 2025, the German Federal Audit Office dissects the Fe...
The Great Protein Bluff: Why Switzerland Already Eats Too Much – and Still Buys More clarus.news | Analysis | May 8, 2026 | Thierry Leserf "High Protein" has become the dominant sales argument on the shelves of Migros, ...
Health Policy Survey Analysis of Parliamentary Responses Version 3 – April 28, 2026 (First version: April 22, 2026) Executive Summary The politically neutral information platform clarus.news conducted a survey in March...
AI Regulation Switzerland: Middle Ground on American Infrastructure clarus.news | Analysis | April 21, 2026 The Grok case involving Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter has ignited a regulatory debate that was long ov...
Swiss Healthcare Policy: Cost Shifting Instead of Structural Reform – A Liberal Critique Summary In the 2026 spring session, the Swiss Parliament advanced two healthcare policy measures: The increase of the minimum deduc...
Army Digitalization Platform: On Track – But on Whose Technology? Executive Summary The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) has reviewed the key project "New Army Digitalization Platform" (NDP) and fundamentally attests to...
Update 2026: The Flash in the Pan Gets a Population Counter (Initiative "No 10-Million Switzerland!") The NZZ warned in 2016 against the fallacy of thinking that a single vote already constitutes a new era: Perhaps it wa...
Flash in the Pan with Side Dishes: How Switzerland 'Awakened' in 2016 – and Then Just Voted Again On February 28, 2016, something happened that is about as rare in Swiss politics as an unauthorized garden shed: The SVP l...
Constitution for a Super-AI: Responsibility or Marketing? Teaser: Anthropic has presented a "constitution" for its AI system Claude. The idea: values should not just be layered on top as rules, but embedded in the train...