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Switzerland: The Drawbacks of Wealth Taxation

Originally posted on July 18, 2016. Researchers studying the effects of wealth taxation in Switzerland have found that, rather than quelling inequality, the taxes are...

Swiss Ban Burqa-Like, Face Covering Veils

In The Wall Street Journal, Brian Blackstone reports that voters in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen have elected to ban burqa-like face coverings from...

How Tiny Switzerland Faced Down Hitler and The Nazis: Part II

“The full extent of the Nazi threat to Switzerland during World War II has never been adequately acknowledged. The reality was that the Swiss...

How Tiny Switzerland Faced Down Hitler and The Nazis

The Nazis never invaded Switzerland. Stephen P. Halbrook in The Swiss and The Nazis explains to readers that Switzerland had “a unique system in...

Swiss Armed Neutrality

In Target Switzerland, Stepehen P. Halbrook lays out the story of Swiss armed neutrality in World War II. Switzerland, alone among the nations of central...

It’s Too Close to Call in Swiss Vote to Shut Down Nukes

After the disaster at Fukushima, Japan, countries around the world are dealing with the question of whether or not they should shut down their...

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