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, ...
What's really in the capsule? A small silver shell. Inside: around five grams of ground coffee. Around it: billion-dollar profits, global supply chains and a marketing machinery that has used George Clooney as its figure...
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...
Zurich's Tax Miracle 2.0: Lots of Money, Lots of Morals, Lots of Deficit On March 10, 2016, Christina Neuhaus wrote in the NZZ to the effect that: Zurich is not stuck in a growth trap, Zurich benefits from its growth. Te...
Ten Years After the SZ Article: Has Yverdon-les-Bains Delivered on Its Smart Lighting Promises? Exactly ten years ago, the Süddeutsche Zeitung described Yverdon-les-Bains as a small city with big ambitions: intelligent s...
When good money disappears – what this CBDC experiment really shows A critical look at an SNB working paper Central Bank Digital Currency and Gresham's Law: An experimental analysis The Swiss National Bank is conducting...
When Regulation Costs More Than the Problem: The Questionable Logic Behind Swiss DNS Blocks A Critical Look at ESBK, EFK and the Economics of Inefficient Gambling Control The report by the Swiss Federal Audit Office (EFK...
from Headscarf Bans and Milk Chocolate 🎧 Now also for reading: This podcast episode as transcript 150 years ago, Daniel Peter laid the foundation for a global myth with the first modern milk chocolate – and for Switzer...
Storage Crisis, Hyperscalers, Switzerland: What's True – and What's (Still) Storytelling? The starting point is the Clarus News post "Storage Crisis in Europe: Hyperscalers Profit, European Data Centers Fight for Surviva...