There’s a lot to admire about Switzerland, particularly compared to its profligate neighbors.
- It has a spending cap, imposed in a landslide referendum early last decade, that has constrained the growth of government.
It has a genuinely decentralized system with a very small central government and vigorous competition among cantons.- There’s widespread gun ownership, and the number of guns owners keeps expanding.
- It has strong human rights laws protecting financial privacy (though unfortunately has been bullied into weakening protections for non-Swiss investors).
- It has comparatively modest tax rates and a relatively low level of redistribution.
With all these features, you won’t be surprised to learn that Switzerland is highly ranked by Human Freedom Index (#2), Economic Freedom of the World (#4), Index of Economic Freedom (#4), Global Competitiveness Report (#1), Tax Oppression Index (#1)…
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