The 'Tax Blacklist'
Germany is joining a chorus of countries demanding that Switzerland be "placed on an international blacklist of tax havens," The Financial Times reports.
View ArticleThe Best Places to Be Laid Off
The countries that provide the best unemployment and retraining benefits, according to a list from Foreign Policy.
View ArticleHealth Reform Without a Public Plan: The German Model
Compromise on President Obama's health care plan would not necessarily end meaningful reform, if the systems of the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland are any guide, an economist writes.
View ArticleMore on How Other Countries Do Health Care
Earlier today, Uwe E. Reinhardt wrote about ways to revamp the American health care system, focusing on the German model. If you're interested in finding out more about how Germany, and other...
View ArticleReader Response: Health Care Reform in Steps
Question: Is the United States the only rich country with for-profit insurers? Answer: Neen. (Or so the online English-Dutch translator tells us.)
View ArticleU.S. Falls to No. 2 in Global Competitiveness Rankings
Switzerland displaced the United States as the world's most competitive economy, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Rankings.
View ArticleSpending Less by Spending More
The Swiss pay more out of pocket than we do for health care -- and less over all.
View ArticleSwiss Tourism Suffers as Franc Value Rises
The strong franc, which has risen more than 10 percent against the euro this year, making it a less desirable tourism destination for travelers from neighboring countries in the euro zone.
View ArticleWhat Makes U.S. Health Insurance Exchanges So Complicated
Americans' insistence on broad choices in health insurance raises both the cost and complexity of establishing insurance exchanges, an economist writes.
View ArticleSwiss Tourism Suffers as Franc Value Rises
The strong franc, which has risen more than 10 percent against the euro this year, making it a less desirable tourism destination for travelers from neighboring countries in the euro zone.
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