Swiss-EU Agreements: When Beat Jans Confuses Political Discourse and Economic Reality
While the Federal Council presents the Swiss-EU agreements as an undeniable success, a careful analysis of the facts, figures... and even its own studies tells a very different story. Behind Beat Jans' reassuring statements, an unguided migration system is emerging, with concentrated benefits and costs largely borne by the [...]
Mass immigration: when the economic elites fabricate a false debate
For years, a section of the economic elite has been trying to impose a simple idea: without mass immigration, Switzerland would collapse. In his recent article, Ivan Slatkine, President of the Fédération des Entreprises Romandes, takes up this alarmist line, describing a Switzerland paralysed, emptied of its workers and condemned to decline. But behind these [...]
Immigration and political calculation: the Swiss taboo
What if Switzerland's rapid demographic transformation was not just an economic consequence, but also a political choice? In the space of twenty years, our country's population has grown from around 7 million to over 9 million, with visible effects on wages, housing and public finances. In the run-up to the vote on 14 [...]
Free movement and mass immigration: the hidden bill crushing the Swiss middle class
What if mass immigration also had a hidden tax bill? For twenty years, the debate on free movement has focused almost exclusively on the needs of the economy. But there is a much more concrete reality that directly affects the middle class: the faster the population grows, the more the state has to spend - and the more the [...]
Migros wants us to eat laboratory food: has the cooperative lost touch with reality?
Migros now wants to produce steaks... without cows. In Kemptthal (ZH), the famous cooperative is supporting a project to grow meat from bovine cells in a laboratory, in partnership with Israeli start-up Aleph Farms and flavour giant Givaudan. Presented as a major food innovation, this initiative is nonetheless raising [...]
Monetary inflation and hidden taxes: the silent mechanism that enriches the State
What if some of our taxes were to rise... without a vote, without tax reform and almost without public debate? Behind the spectacular rise in property, shares and certain assets lies a mechanism that is rarely mentioned: monetary policy can mechanically inflate the tax base. When money is diluted, prices rise - [...].
The dollar empire is shaking... and the American illusion with it
While Washington is playing poker with the global economy, the rest of the world is beginning to look at its cards. Tariffs declared illegal by the Supreme Court, growing military tensions in the Middle East, colossal debt financed by money printing: behind the image of a superpower lies that of a weakened monetary empire. For Switzerland, [...]
Switzerland at 10 million: when media propaganda replaces democratic debate
What if the real problem was not the «No Switzerland for 10 million» initiative, but the stubborn refusal of the political and media system to look reality in the face? Behind the alarmist slogans, the accusations of a ’chaos initiative« and the facile caricatures, a well-oiled machine is at work: discrediting [...].
Nationalise the banks? No. We need to nationalise the currency debate.
After Credit Suisse, some people now want the Confederation to be able to nationalise banks in the event of a crisis. An attractive idea... but deeply misleading. Because the problem is not bank ownership - it's the monetary system itself: money creation through credit, fractional reserve banking and property bubbles fuelled by a manipulated franc. Before [...]
Framework agreement with the EU: when “studies” become a propaganda tool
What if we were being sold the idea of giving up part of our sovereignty on the basis of biased studies? For years, the Federal Council and certain business circles have been conjuring up catastrophic scenarios to push Switzerland towards an institutional agreement with the European Union. But behind the alarmist figures and opaque economic models lurks a [...]