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Dr. Gerhard SCHWARZ Managing Director, Avenir Suisse, Zurich

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 He studied economics, business administration and law in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
1975 American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, USA
1980 Ph.D. in Economics, St. Gallen
1981 After one year of work in industry he joined the editorial staff of Neue Zürcher Zeitung
1983-1986 Economic Correspondent, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Paris, France
since 1994 Head, Economic, Business and Financial Section, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
1995 AMP Harvard Business School
since 1989 Lecturer, University of Zurich
2008-2010 Deputy Editor in Chief, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
since 2010 Managing Director, Avenir Suisse

Mitgliedschaften

President, Friedrich A. von Hayek-Gesellschaft, Germany
Vice President, F.A.v. Hayek Institut, Austria
Vice President, Progress Foundation, Switzerland
Member, Mont Pélerin Society
Member, St. Gallen Foundation, Switzerland

Publikationen

Besides publishing as a journalist in Neue Zürcher Zeitung Gerhard Schwarz has written and edited various books as well as longer articles in scholarly journals. Among these are:
Die Soziale Kälte des Liberalismus  Versuch einer Klärung, 3rd, edition, 1997
Neidökonomie (with Robert Nef), 2000
Psychologische Grundlagen der Ökonomie (with Ernst Fehr), 3rd edition, 2003
Vertrauen  Anker einer freiheitlichen Ordnung, 2007
Die Idee der Freiheit (with Gerd Habermann and Claudia Aebersold), 2nd edition, 2008