Hannah’s Quicktakes
Is a Five-Pillar Pension System the Answer?
Hannah Wise · The costs of long-term care are rising sharply, creating an urgent need for action. In her latest video, Hannah Wise demonstrates how the three-pillar system could be modernized.
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New Publication
Rethinking the Pension System
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Is our pension system still adapted to the current times? Avenir Suisse examines this question and presents a five-pillar system to redefine the financing of long-term care thanks to a care capital.
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Diego Taboada, Sonia Estevez, Jérôme Cosandey
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The Figure
Swiss industrial companies currently pay on average 2.3 times more for their electricity than their competitors in France. This striking difference is due, among other things, to government support: the energy company EDF must sell a large proportion of its nuclear power at a heavily discounted rate – an advantage for French industry that, however, weighs on taxpayers. (Simon Stocker) |
Electricity Prices
How Expensive Is Switzerland?
Switzerland ranks a dismal second among selected countries in industrial electricity prices – only in the Netherlands do large consumers pay more. Christoph Eisenring and Simon Stocker explain why government subsidies would still be the wrong approach: they distort competition, burden taxpayers, and hinder innovations for greater energy efficiency. On the bright side, some relief in electricity prices is expected starting in 2025.
Emotional Discussion About Industrial Electricity: How Expensive Is Switzerland? |
Essential of the Month
The Not-So-Basic Income
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The unconditional basic income (UBI) is illiberal because it shifts responsibility for providing oneself onto the community. It would precisely foster the social division that its supporters warn against. |
Lukas Rühli
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