James Bartholomew

Swiss welfare runs like clockwork

There is plenty to learn from the way healthcare, education and social security are managed in Switzerland, says James Bartholomew

issue 17 July 2010

In Britain we are now glumly entering the age of austerity and everyone expects unemployment to go on rising. This has been the case in the past: even when the economy starts to grow, there is a painfully long lag before unemployment starts to fall. But not in Switzerland is different.

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