Switzerland as a role model for capitalism and politics

[Taso]

I am always surprised in general that no one really talks about how Switzerland is successful with its form of capitalism and the political structure revolved around it.
For instance take these articles here: http://www.thecommentator.com/articl...t_in_the_world
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/switzerland
https://freedomhouse.org/report/free...16/switzerland
So my question is what would happen if the world were to adopt their model and do you think it would be successful considering that it works in Switzerland?
Also, keep this thread clean and civilized.

[Elegiac]

The thing about tax havens is that they generally require neighbouring states which actually levy taxes in order to function.

Switzerland's political and economic model is something of an outlier that would be difficult to extrapolate into a larger, more diverse, and more heavily populated polity.

[Mittens]

The thing about tax havens is that they generally require neighbouring states which actually levy taxes in order to function.

Switzerland's political and economic model is something of an outlier that would be difficult to extrapolate into a larger, more diverse, and more heavily populated polity.

The worst part is that they make any significant tax reform worthless or more complicated than it should.

[ranzino]

The thing about tax havens is that they generally require neighbouring states which actually levy taxes in order to function.

Switzerland's political and economic model is something of an outlier that would be difficult to extrapolate into a larger, more diverse, and more heavily populated polity.

Switzerland is not Monaco, where almost nobody pays taxes.
About diverse: perhaps it works because they are not so diverse. But with 4 official languages ( ok, the 4th is very random) it is somewhat diverse enough.

[Elegiac]

Switzerland is not Monaco, where almost nobody pays taxes.
About diverse: perhaps it works because they are not so diverse. But with 4 official languages ( ok, the 4th is very random) it is somewhat diverse enough.

Switzerland is a tax haven by virtue of its banking sector. Which, again, requires states that have taxes that need to be dodged.

[ranzino]

Switzerland is a tax haven by virtue of its banking sector. Which, again, requires states that have taxes that need to be dodged.

as the Prince of Liechtenstein (think it was him, otherwise another wise person) once said "If we are a tax oasis, then only because we are surrounded by deserts."
Fortunately i live close to CH and would gladly pay taxes there. and a lot of people elsewhere would like to live there too.

[Doctor Amadeus]

They seem to have their priorities in line with reality. Switzerland should teach some courses for the rest of the world.

[Elegiac]

They seem to have their priorities in line with reality. Switzerland should teach some courses for the rest of the world.

For municipal government? Maybe.

For anything larger than a medium sized city? Not a chance.

[Doctor Amadeus]

For municipal government? Maybe.

For anything larger than a medium sized city? Not a chance.

Let see they arm all their citizens, they encourage responsible citizenry as well as accountable representatives, instead of treating drug addicts and drug addiction like a health issue instead of a crime issue.

[ranzino]

For municipal government? Maybe.

For anything larger than a medium sized city? Not a chance.

ok, the inhabitants of switzerland would fit easily into NYC, its largest city Zürich has ~400k inhabitants and agglomeration Zürich 1,3 million.
but beware: its GDP per capita is better than USA.

[Taso]

For municipal government? Maybe.

For anything larger than a medium sized city? Not a chance.

But the thing is Sweden population is smaller then the USA by a huge ton yet everyone always uses them as this shining example of socialism when it is not. In fact, im willing to argue that their policies as far as econmoics goes is way more relaxed then u.s saved for taxes. So what defines this difference. If switzerlands policies can allow the country to exist well over a hundred years and pass records as stable then what are we big countries doing wrong? But besides that I like your question.