The Swiss Economy in a Nutshell

Mix & Remix, Cyril Jost, Vincent Kucholl

An accessible and easy-to-read book
The latest economic data available
Over 90 original cartoons by Mix & Remix

The essential guide to the Swiss economy - for students, business people and market gurus.

The fourth volume in Bergli Books' bestselling Switzerland in a Nutshell Series prensents the entire Swiss economy in one concise and entertaining book, with accompanying cartoons by legendery Swiss cartoonist Mix & Remix. From secretive banks to starting a business, from the Swiss Market Index to companies large and small, from taxes to trade unions, this book contains everything you need to know to understand one of the world's most admired economies.

See Bergli Books' other award-winning In a Nutshell Books: Swiss History in a Nutshell, Swissness in a Nutshell and Swiss Democracy in an Nutshell at www.bergli.ch.

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Édition

2021

ISBN

978-3-03869-096-2

Format

16,5 x 27,5

Référence

999722

Nombre de pages

112

Public

Tout public

Sommaire

Introduction
What is the economy?
Economic flows

The national economy
The three sectors
GDP
Economic cycles
Economic policy
Public finance
Taxation
Unemployment

Companies
Legal structures
Companies large and small
Entrepreneurs
Company accounting
Public companies
The trade unions

Markets
Supply and demand
Competition
Prices
Inflation

Finance
Currency
The Swiss National Bank
Banks
Stock markets
Financial products
The 2007-2008 financial crisis

The globalisation of the economy
The WTO
Switzerlan and Europe
North-South relations

Challenges for the Swiss economy
Changes in banking practice
The open economy
Disparities
The economy and the environment
Glossary
Index