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The Battle on Lake Geneva—Mises vs. the Statists at Mont Pelerin

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....

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The Complex Legacy of George Orwell

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....

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ES – 2024-12-15 – Florian Böser, Antoine Martin and Sabrina Stadelmann: A Poole-based perspective on monetary policy implementation

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Health and health insurance remain top concern for Swiss

Every year, the bank UBS publishes its Worry Barometer, a poll that ranks the greatest concerns among Swiss voters. This week, it released the results for 2024. This year’s top concerns are healthcare, environmental and climate protection and retirement provision. Photo by Marcus Aurelius on Pexels.comPolling for the survey conducted from mid-August to mid-September and included the views of 2,250 voters. The survey revealed a rise in financial concerns. Financial uncertainty and...

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Strategie im Fokus: Die Rolle des Verwaltungsrats, Reto Jauch – finews.ch Board Talk

In der aktuellen Folge von BoardTalk, dem Podcast von ⁠finews.ch⁠, beleuchten wir die Rolle des Verwaltungsrats bei der Mitgestaltung der Unternehmensstrategie – ein Thema von zentraler Bedeutung für die Unternehmen des Finanzplatz Schweiz. finews-chefredaktor Dominik Buholzer diskutiert mit Headhunter Reto Jauch Fragen folgende Fragen: Wie viel Fachwissen braucht es, um als Verwaltungsrat strategische Impulse zu setzen? Und wie kann das Board sicherstellen,...

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Reversal of higher retirement age for Swiss women rejected by top court

In 2022, Swiss voted to increase the official retirement age of women from 64 to 65, bringing it into line with the age for men. Later, an error was found in some of the numbers presented to voters to justify the change. After the error was revealed, the Socialist and Green parties asked Switzerland’s highest court to overturn the vote because of these erroneous figures. This week, the court rejected the complaint, reported RTS. Photo by Matthias Zomer on Pexels.comThe federal court’s...

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Abolition of imputed rent gets bogged down in complexity

A project to end Switzerland’s controversial system of imputed rent was launched more than seven years ago. This week, discussions in Bern suggest the project’s chances of sucess remain narrow. Photo by Melike Benli on Pexels.comIn Switzerland, anyone who owns a property retained as a primary or secondary residence must add a fictional rent to their taxable income, which is calculated based on the location and size of the property. The system was introduced during the second world war to...

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