patterico.com - 12/20/2008
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[Guest post by DRJ]
The two largest offshore drilling companies, one of the largest oilfield service companies, and other major firms have announced plans to relocate their corporate offices to Switzerland:
“ Noble Corp. today became the latest in a recent string of Houston oil and ...
Switzerland Offers to Consider Taking Gitmo Detainees
talkleft.com 1/21/2009 — The Government of Switzerland made a generous offer today -- it is willing to consider taking Guantanamo detainees who cannot return to their home countries: "For Switzerland, the detention of people in Guantanamo is in conflict with international ...
Small Government
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/13/2008 — Some observations from Switzerland that may be relevant to the ongoing talking point from some libertarian institutions that a lack of fealty to small government orthodoxy somehow did the GOP in. They have over here a party of the populist right ...
Blog Archive » Spot of Swiss
ftalphaville.ft.com 11/21/2008 — Switzerland’s famous for chocolate, cheese, knives, neutrality and banking . It’s the latter that could be problematic. From VoxEU : Citi Chart In this crisis, the strength of a bank’s balance sheet is of little consequence. What matters is the ...
Shoe thrower seeks asylum in Switzerland
theaustralian.news.com.au 1/19/2009 — AN Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George W Bush in Baghdad last month is to seek political asylum in Switzerland, a Geneva lawyer told the daily La Tribune de Geneve today. Muntazer al-Zaidi gained instant international fame ...
Is Switzerland a Model of Health Care Compromise?
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 3/10/2009 —
Ezra Klein writes that Republicans are drawing the lines of opposition to the progressive health care agenda in pretty narrow terms :
Does that matter? It’s hard to say. Rhetorically, the GOP has staked out a very narrow corner of ...
Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria Loosen Secrecy Rules (Update1)
bloomberg.com 3/13/2009 — March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria said they will soften rules on banking secrecy, responding to growing international pressure to root out tax dodgers. Switzerland, where banking secrecy has been enshrined in law for 75 ...
Why Does Direct Democracy Work in Switzerland?
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 7/26/2009 — Stadttheater, Berne, Switzerland (my photo, available under cc license)
With Brad DeLong’s caveats I agree with him that Christopher Caldwell’s FT article on the fiscal fiasco in California is quite good. But I do have one ...
In Switzerland, A Health Care Model For America?
npr.org 9/24/2009 — At first glance, Switzerland's health care system looks like it could be the perfect political compromise for the United States. As Republicans would prefer, individuals not employers or the government choose from a broad array of health plans, sold ...
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