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...
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...
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...
Intro The following article is intentionally sensationalist and polemical. The starting point was a short, biting comment from an anonymous user who took aim at the political "wet dreams" surrounding state AI euphoria. B...
Invest Early, Instead of Ignoring: Affordable Housing, Social Mobility and Transparent Wealth Distribution In a world where headlines often foam louder than facts, the easy path seems to be: close your eyes and continue ...
Cassis in Berlin: Much Talk, Little Protocol – and a Lot of Europe 😏 1. Overview – What Is This Actually About? Who wrote this (original article)? Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) – in other words: offici...
Project Fetch – Slightly Ironic Summary 😏 1. Overview – "What's this all about anyway?" Author: Anthropic Research Team Medium: Anthropic Research Blog Title: Project Fetch: Can Claude train a robot dog? Article Date: ...
💸 Open Source Funding: When "voluntary" is no longer enough Imagine your favorite program only works because someone somewhere fixes a bug at midnight in their spare time. Sounds heroic – but it's actually a problem. B...
Seco and Digitalization title: "ASALfutur: High-risk project on the backs of the unemployed" date: 2025-11-07 tags: Switzerland Unemployment insurance Digitalization ASALfutur SECO ASALfutur: High-risk project on the...