Pod­cast – 10 mil­lion peo­ple in Switzer­land: a prob­lem? Plus: Bit­coin ini­tia­tive

Summary: It is now official: the Federal Council wants to increase taxes on capital payments from the 2nd and 3rd pillars. This was decided last Wednesday. However, in the wake of fierce criticism from the business community, it has already deviated slightly from its original idea. What do Alexandra Janssen and Fabio Canetg think of the current proposal? The Federal Council also decided last week to recommend rejecting the SVP's 10 million initiative. It now wants to consider counter-measures for the referendum campaign, for example in the area of asylum. Will this be enough to defeat the initiative? And the collection of signatures for the bitcoin initiative is underway. It wants to oblige the National Bank to invest in bitcoin in the future. What do Alexandra Janssen and Fabio Canetg think of this idea? And is bitcoin really just a bubble?

You can find the complete episode from the 4th of February 2025 on:

• Spotify
• Apple

Alexandra Janssen completed a doctorate at the University of Zurich and is now CEO of the asset management company ‘ECOFIN Portfolio Solutions’. She is also a member of the scientific advisory board of the "Institut für Schweizer Wirtschaftspolitik" at the University of Lucerne.

Fabio Canetg completed his doctorate at the University of Bern and the Toulouse School of Economics and now works as a lecturer at the Universities of Bern and Neuchâtel, as an economic consultant for financial institutions and the media, and as a freelance moderator, speaker and copywriter.

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