- Why do the Dutch have the best pension funds in the world?
- How did the Swiss manage to impose a debt moratorium on parliament – preventing them from obligating future generations and achieving one of the lowest debt levels as a % of GDP?
-How does Singapore achieve superior health care outcomes at ¼ of the US – and achieve among the best PISA scores, despite spending the least among OECD nations?
- How did the Danes replace cars with bicycles in cities in what is now commonly known as Copenhagenisation
- The Finnish government just formed is majority women and on average 20 years younger than their counterparts in the US and the UK – does this better reflect preferences of its citizens and permit them to focus on future issues?
Join R. James Breiding, author and founder of international think tank S8, for a discussion about these questions and his latest book called "Too Small to Fail" in which he focuses on how specific policies in countries like Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Singapore and the Netherlands have launched these small national economies to global prominence. Sponsored by the Swiss government, Mr. Breiding heads the foundation behind his prior book "Swiss Made", an international bestseller still gifted by Switzerland’s embassies worldwide. He is a fellow at Harvard’s School for International Development and has appeared in numerous publications, including The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs.
