Vaud Tax Affair: 202 Million Francs, Two Criminal Proceedings and Unresolved Responsibility Summary by Ernst Anker with Claude Opus The Canton of Vaud did not apply the tax shield "bouclier fiscal" in accordance with th...
Dettling versus Wermuth: Where the SRF Daily Discussion Meets the Data – and Where It Misses the Mark clarus.news | Analysis | May 19, 2026 Four weeks before the referendum on the SVP's Sustainability Initiative on June...
The Broken Modus Vivendi: Why Parmelin's Plain Speaking Actually Strengthens the Liberal Argument for Bilaterals III clarus.news | Analysis | May 18, 2026 Federal President Guy Parmelin spoke "plain words" publicly for ...
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, ...
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...