" When Did the Swiss Get so Rich?". Comparing Living Standards in Switzerland and Europe, 1800-1913.

摘要: Switzerland is undoubtedly among the most affluent states in world. What much less clear, though, when its economy became so successful and people wealthy – that to date so-called “Swiss miracle”. This analysis concludes while Swiss as a whole improved early was already around 1900, workers did up World War I benefit considerably from economic growth than their colleagues many other European countries. The paper therefore suggests that, contrary conventional wisdom, rise of living standards take top position internationally clearly phenomenon short 20th century.