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Media contributions in English

December 19th 2023

| London Economic

The Smell Of Hypocrisy In Dubai

Professor Marc Chesney of the University of Zurich says that the foul stench oil, gas, and coal emanated from global climate summit COP28.

Oktober 2023

| Swissinfo

Corporate funding for universities: serving society or human greed?

Is it right for banks to fund the academic chairs that will train the economists and financiers of tomorrow?

April 1st 2023

| London Economic

Credit Suisse: The Party is Over

Professor Marc Chesney of the University of Zurich examines the collapse of Credit Suisse and the ensuing banking crisis.

March 20th 2023

| Swissinfo

Credit Suisse crisis is the ‘failure of casino-like financial system’

The UBS takeover of Credit Suisse exposes the flaws in a system that was supposed to prevent a bank the size of Credit Suisse from going bankrupt, says economist Marc Chesney.

2021

| Emerald Publishing Limited

Economics and finance: the monopoly and dangers of the mainstream school of thought

In: Rethinking Finance in the Face of New Challenges, Emerald Publishing Limited

May 25th, 2021

| Current Concerns: English Edition of Zeit-Fragen

Plutocracy or democracy?

What the federal popular initiative “Micro-tax on cashless monetary transactions” wants to contribute to this question

April 9th 2020

| The Market/NZZ

It's Time To Completely Rethink Financial Concepts

Myths of financial markets being essentially well-functioning and efficient die hard. We need to radically change the way finance is taught.

February 2020

Brief questions and answers on the topic of the microtax

15 videos

June 12th 2019

| Finews.ch

The Microtax Is Neither Left Nor Right

With the introduction of the microtax, professor Marc Chesney wants to revolutionize the Swiss tax system. The idea of a tax on electronic transactions that the head of the banking institute at the University of Zurich favors, will probably provoke a rebuke from representatives of Swiss banking.

September 14th 2018

| Swissinfo

Lehman Brothers: the bankruptcy of a bank and that of a system

On September 15 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It was the start of a lengthy and complex process encompassing about $1.2 trillion worth of creditor claims.

28 August 2017

| SNF Swiss National Science Foundation

The crisis-free economy that has yet to be invented

Ten years after the housing bubble burst, the economic sciences are still battling with reforms, says Marc Chesney. Thomas Bieger, on the other hand, insists that economists are today also taught the psychological and sociological aspects of their discipline. We've interviewed them both. Moderator: Philipp Hufschmid

29 March 2017

| Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft: Green Economy Dialogue

Challenging the credo of growth

University of Zurich Professor Marc Chesney firmly believes that our “seriously sick” society cannot recover without a radical rethink on our part.

September 2016

| YouTube

Hardened suspicion of insider trading before 9/11

Lars Schall interviews Professor Marc Chesney

June 2016

| Horizons et débats

Limiting the dynamics of the finance casino in Switzerland by means of direct democracy

A transaction tax of 0.2 per cent would amount to 200 billion per year.
Interview with Professor Marc Chesney.

05 May 2016

| Huffington Post

Panama Papers, What Now?

Well-organized offshore system of large-scale dubious deals.

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