Microsoft in Switzerland: when abuse of position becomes a business model
When a private giant imposes its rules on the Swiss economy, it's no longer a simple technological debate - it's a problem of sovereignty. By driving up the price of its licences without any tangible improvement in services, while locking businesses and public authorities into a model of perpetual dependence, Microsoft is revealing a drift that has become impossible to [...].
Bilaterals III: when the Fribourg employers fabricate fear to gag the people
When a chamber of employers publicly calls for a political party to be «fought», when a subsidised media relays a carefully calibrated alarmist discourse without distance, and when any dissenting voice is disqualified even before the debate, this is no longer an economic discussion - it's a political conditioning operation. Under the guise of defending prosperity, [...]
Healthcare costs: the solutions the system fears
Healthcare costs are soaring, premiums are strangling households and yet the public debate is going round in circles. Fees are adjusted, marginal savings are promised, and new «reforms» are brandished - without ever getting to the heart of the problem. This is neither an accident nor a demographic inevitability: it's a [...]