How To Get Better at Budgets
In a few countries, legislators have enacted policies that actually constrain spending. The U.S. has a lot to learn.
Switzerland
Rising GDPs, Declining Work Hours
GDPs have continued to go up even as total hours work have gone down.
Swiss Voters Reject State-Run Health Insurance
They like their plans and would like to keep them
'Pro-Freedom' Parties That Aren't on Immigration
In Europe and the U.S., some parties use pro-freedom rhetoric, but fail to follow through on immigration policy
Swiss Reject Cap on Executive Pay in Referendum
Would have capped pay at a business to twelve times the pay of the lowest paid employee
Planned Tax Hikes Kill High-End Swiss Real Estate Market
Way to shoot your economy in the foot
Zurich Experiments With "Sex Boxes" For Legal Prostitution
Prostitution legal in Switzerland since 1942
Oprah Sorry She Mentioned Racist Bag Story Happened in Switzerland
Didn't intend the backlash, didn't mention name of store
Swiss Upper House Surrenders To U.S. Pressure on Tax Deal
More resistance expected in the lower house
Switzerland, US Strike Deal on Tax Evasions
Country presented with "take it or leave it offer" for Swiss banks to cough up money
India's Supreme Court Dismisses Novartis AG Drug Patent Case
Swiss drug maker was seeking patent protection for a cancer drug
U.S. and Switzerland Sign Tax Deal Erasing Financial Privacy
FATCA means Switzerland is no longer a refuge from Uncle Sam's sticky fingers
Tina Turner Granted Swiss Citizenship by Local Council
Still awaiting formal confirmation from higher authorities
Swiss Banks Actually See Hope in Wegelin Demise
Eliminates uncertainty about what US wants from them
Gunman Kills Three in Swiss Village
Used military-issued rifle from the first half of the 20th century
Swiss President Hints at Surrender on Financial Privacy
May automatically share banking data with other predatory governments
Swiss Warning Allies Over Data Leak
Shared intelligence on counter-terrorism operations could have been among the property stolen from Switzerland's intelligence service
Wide Wiretap Powers for Swiss Police
Court decision allows for taps on the phones of acquaintances of targeted suspects
UBS to Cut Thousands of Jobs By 2015
Most of the 10,000 layoffs will occur in London, Zurich, and the U.S.
Switzerland Has Best Country Brand
One of the few examples of economic and social stability and tolerance
Switzerland May Have to Deploy Troops in Response to Euro Crisis
The Nobel Peace Prize winning European Union notwithstanding
Swiss Ready For Euro Unrest
Rumblings in the Nobel Peace Prize recipient is making some neighbors nervous
Switzerland Sixth Country to Call for Worldwide Abolition of the Death Penalty
Joins Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Italy.
Prostitutes Vote With Their Feet
A lack of stigma and liberal laws mean Switzerland is becoming an increasingly popular destination for sex workers
Swiss Reject Burqa Ban
Rejection of the proposed ban was passed by ninety three votes to eighty seven in parliament
Pirates Take Swiss Town
The Pirate Party sees its first electoral victory in Switzerland in the form of a mayoralty of a small town
