The UK’s public spending on housing benefit, which helps low-income families with housing costs, is out of control, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Paul Johnson notes that the government spent £22 billion a year on the benefit, double what it was in the early 2000s. Alongside soaring housing prices and collapsing rates of […]
“Roadmap to America” By Patrick Dümmler and Jennifer Anthamatten, courtesy of Avenir Suisse Free Trade Agreement Switzerland-USA: What we can learn from the first, failed attempt As early as 2006, Switzerland and the US were about to open official negotiations for a free trade agreement. This […]
By Haig Simonian, courtesy of Avenir Suisse Healthcare, travel and education are just three of the areas being reassessed following the COVID-19 outbreak. Most momentous of all, however, is the worldwide rethink about globalization. Come a global disruptor like the corona virus, and the elaborate supply chains developed by industry over recent years […]
