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On the occasion of our 10th anniversary, we invite you to browse through the Center’s highlights from the past decade. What are the social and economic origins of populism? How can we reduce inequality? Is culture key? How can we keep Swiss finance in the game? Can Europe be saved? Answers to these and other important questions are provided by numerous experts in lectures, interviews, and papers made possible by the UBS Center.
On the occasion of our 10th anniversary, we invite you to browse through the Center’s highlights from the past decade. What are the social and economic origins of populism? How can we reduce inequality? Is culture key? How can we keep Swiss finance in the game? Can Europe be saved? Answers to these and other important questions are provided by numerous experts in lectures, interviews, and papers made possible by the UBS Center.
It would be good if empires like Russia and China were to break up, says Gérard Roland of the University of California at Berkeley. He is convinced that the world is developing in the direction of small democracies that enter into military alliances with each other.
It would be good if empires like Russia and China were to break up, says Gérard Roland of the University of California at Berkeley. He is convinced that the world is developing in the direction of small democracies that enter into military alliances with each other.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Ursina Schaede, welche ihre Dissertation erfolgreich verteidigt hat. Sie ist eine talentierte junge Ökonomin, die angewandte Mikroökonomie mit Schwerpunkt auf Arbeitsmärkten und dem Einfluss von Bildung und Geschlecht studiert. Ursina wurde 2016 mit einem UBS Center Stipendium für die Zurich Graduate School of Economics ausgezeichnet. Sie wird als SNF-Postdoc am MIT arbeiten, bevor sie eine Assistenzprofessur an der Tufts University antritt. Wir wünschen Dir alles Gute, Ursina!
Welche Lehren können wir aus vergangenen Epidemien ziehen, um auf zukünftige besser vorbereitet zu sein? Ist mehr Freiheit oder mehr Zwang erfolgreicher? UBS Foundation Professor Joachim Voth teilt seine Expertise im Vorab-Video zur Academy of Behavioral Economics 2022, welche kürzlich am Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut (GDI) stattgefunden hat.
Wir befinden uns in einer epochalen Auseinandersetzung zwischen Demokratie und Despotismus, Rechtsstaat und Willkür, Freiheit und Zwang. Als kleines, exportorientiertes Land muss sich die Schweiz wappnen. Ein Auszug aus Kaspar Villiger's Rede am Wirtschaftspodium Schweiz, publiziert als Gastkommentar in der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung.
Wir befinden uns in einer epochalen Auseinandersetzung zwischen Demokratie und Despotismus, Rechtsstaat und Willkür, Freiheit und Zwang. Als kleines, exportorientiertes Land muss sich die Schweiz wappnen. Ein Auszug aus Kaspar Villiger's Rede am Wirtschaftspodium Schweiz, publiziert als Gastkommentar in der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung.
No other topic shows the interrelation of our own environment with global developments as clearly as climate change. Economists of all disciplines agree that climate change is having unprecedented effects on economic and social development and should be one of our top priorities. If we want to sustainably reduce CO2 emissions, globally coordinated measures are needed. The question is, how do we do that? What are the costs of climate change and what are sensible measures in the fight against global warming?
No other topic shows the interrelation of our own environment with global developments as clearly as climate change. Economists of all disciplines agree that climate change is having unprecedented effects on economic and social development and should be one of our top priorities. If we want to sustainably reduce CO2 emissions, globally coordinated measures are needed. The question is, how do we do that? What are the costs of climate change and what are sensible measures in the fight against global warming?