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Interview with Daniel Model: Part II of II Claudio Grass (CG): All over the West, we saw extreme pain and suffering caused by the mass unemployment that the lockdowns and shutdowns triggered. Across the board, every government’s answer to all this destruction was helicopter money. Do you think throwing cash at this problem was enough and do you find that the various support and relief measures were sufficient to counterbalance all of the deleterious effects of those policies? ...

Interview with Daniel Model: Part I of II During these absurd and uncertain times, it is easy to be consumed by the 24-hour news cycle, to be constantly distracted by the latest news and updates, and eventually to lose track of what really matters. We are indeed facing unprecedented challenges and we are witnessing a historic turning point in the relationship of the individual citizen to the state and to centralized power in general. Thus, one cannot be blamed for the urge to...

Interview with Martin A. Armstrong, founder AE Global Solutions Inc. As we stand at the beginning of the new year, there’s a lot of hope by investors, business owners, citizens, all of us, that 2021 will be better than its predecessor. We all wish for an end to the pandemic, a return to normalcy, to social interactions and to productive life. However, as we all know, “wishing doesn’t make it so”, and being prepared for the risks and challenges ahead is a far more effective...

Die Impfung gegen SARS-CoV-2 ist hier. up!schweiz begrüsst die rasche Zulassung des ersten Impfstoffs, lehnt jegliche Formen einer staatlichen Impfpflicht jedoch ab. Privaten Unternehmen muss es aber offenstehen, ungeimpfte Kunden abzulehnen. Nach monatelangen harten Massnahmen, welche up!schweiz mehrfach kritisiert hat, ist mit der Zulassung des ersten Impfstoffs gegen das neuartige Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 die erste technologische Lösung griffbereit. Die Partei begrüsst die zügige...

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle Dear friends of freedom Some of you already know that I have been busy over the last months making a documentary film about Covid together with my friend James from Washington D.C.. The aim was to look at the Corona crisis from different angles and to interview independent thinking personalities and recognized experts in their fields who go through life consciously and...

On the last Sunday of November the Swiss citizens once again rejected efforts staged by left-leaning groups and NGOs to chip away at the nation’s long tradition of free enterprise, respect for private property and financial freedom. Two important proposals were brought before the Swiss people in a set of referendums, both targeting private companies and attempting to place unprecedented burdens, threatening their ability to operate freely and profitably. The first...

On the last Sunday of November the Swiss citizens once again rejected efforts staged by left-leaning groups and NGOs to chip away at the nation’s long tradition of free enterprise, respect for private property and financial freedom. Two important proposals were brought before the Swiss people in a set of referendums, both targeting private companies and attempting to place unprecedented burdens, threatening their ability to operate freely and profitably.  The first proposal, that...

As [D] Mayor de Blasio shuts down schools and restaurants in NYC yet AGAIN, and as cops in Australia arrest women on beaches for traveling outside of 5 KM from their homes, it’s clear that tyrants around the world are openly waging war against their own people. Claudio Grass joins me to discuss. [embedded content] You Might Also Like You cannot print your way to prosperity – Part II Looking at the damage inflicted upon...

As [D] Mayor de Blasio shuts down schools and restaurants in NYC yet AGAIN, and as cops in Australia arrest women on beaches for traveling outside of 5 KM from their homes, it’s clear that tyrants around the world are openly waging war against their own people. Claudio Grass joins me to discuss. [embedded content]

Bereits am 25. März hat up! als erste Partei vor den Gefahren des politischen Aktionismus im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie gewarnt. Unternehmer und up!-Mitglied Christoph Stampfli kritisiert die Politik des Bundesrates scharf: „Die Horror-Szenarien der Politik und anderer Krisenprofiteure haben sich nicht bewahrheitet. Hingegen erfüllten sich zunehmend unsere Befürchtungen, dass die «Medizin» der politischen Massnahmen schlimmer sind als die Krankheit.“ Im Gegensatz dazu lobt die liberale...