Ungleichheit in der Schweiz

Content

Peter Lack, Fabian Saner
Foreword

Social Policy Trends

Aline Masé
Report on Social and Economic Development in Switzerland 2021/2022

I. Part Analyzing Inequality

Monica Budowski, Michael Nollert
Life Chances, Distribution, Recognition – Old and New Questions on Social Inequality

Robert Fluder, Hans Baumann, Rudolf Farys
Increasing Wealth for the Few

Kristina Schüpbach
How the Gap Widens and What Remains for the Lowest Wages

Carola Togni
Gender Inequality and Social Security: A Historical Overview

Lena Ajdacic
From Risk-Taking Bankers, Risk-Free Bonuses, and New Financial Actors: Transformation of the Financial Industry in Switzerland

Ueli Mäder
Switzerland Profiting from Social Inequalities

Anja Peter, Mirjam Aggeler
Care. Work. Power. Poverty.

Claudia Wilopo
When Emergency Aid Worsens the Crisis: Inequality in the Migration Regime

II. Part Inequality: How and with What Instruments to Combat It?

Oliver Hümbelin, Rudolf Farys, Ben Jann
Reducing Inequality – But How?

Marius Brülhart
Inheritance Tax: Efficient – Yet Unpopular

Michael Graff
The Right Level of National Debt is a Political Question

Dominik Gross
How Swiss Tax and Financial Policy Undermines the Fight Against Inequality

Christoph Butterwegge
First Comes Food, Then Culture

Nathalie Giger, Davy-Kim Lascombes, Elisa Volpi
Inequality: When Knowledge and Action Diverge

Andrea Lanfranchi, Isabelle Kalkusch
Combating Inequality and Poverty Through Educational Support from Birth

Carlo Knöpfel
The Social Consequences of Social Inequality

III. Part Synthesis from the Perspective of Caritas Switzerland

Andreas Lustenberger
Inequality: Counteracting the Destabilization of Our Society.