Gerhard Schwarz (journalist)

Gerhard Schwarz (born April 19, 1951 in Hard , Austria ; resident in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss - Austrian publicist and author. From 2010 to 2016 he was director of the liberal think tank Avenir Suisse . Before that, he was the business editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung from 1981 to 2010 , and also its deputy editor-in-chief from 2008 to 2010 .

Life

After graduating from the humanistic grammar school in Bregenz , Schwarz began studying economics and business administration at the University of St. Gallen in 1969 , which he completed in 1973. He then worked for several years as an assistant to Walter Adolf Jöhr and completed study visits to Great Barrington , USA, and Bogotá , Colombia. In 1980 he received his doctorate with a work on development economics on Colombia under the title "Micro-industrialization: Crafts and Adapted Technology ". After a short stint at Hilti AG in Schaan , Schwarz joined the business department of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1981 . From 1982 to 1986 he was their business correspondent in Paris . From the beginning of 1987 he was business editor in Zurich, in 1994 he took over the management of the business editor. From the 1989/90 winter semester to the 2013/14 winter semester, he held a teaching position at the University of Zurich . In 1995, Schwarz completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in Cambridge , USA. In 2008, Schwarz also became deputy editor-in-chief of the NZZ. His main focus was on economic policy , regulatory policy and monetary policy . From November 1, 2010 to March 31, 2016, Schwarz headed the Avenir Suisse think tank in Zurich and Geneva, succeeding Thomas Held .

Schwarz is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society (its Vice President from 2014 to 2016), several board members - including the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies - and was chairman of the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society from 2002 to 2011 . He is also President of the Progress Foundation. Until 2010 he was a board member of the Association for the Publication of the Swiss Monthly Bullets , for which he wrote and continues to write numerous articles.

Jürgen Nordmann counts Schwarz among the outstanding neoliberal journalists (“second hand dealers in ideas” sensu Hayek) in the German-speaking newspaper sector.

Gerhard Schwarz was honored in 1996 (together with Juergen B. Donges ) with the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Business Journalism and in 2009 with the annual prize of the Foundation for Western Ethics and Culture .

Gerhard Schwarz is married, has three grown children and lives in Zurich . He was naturalized in Switzerland in 1982 and is now a Swiss-Austrian citizen.

Publications

• Micro-industrialization: Crafts and adapted technology as elements of an alternative development - Colombia as an empirical reference. Dissertation, University of St. Gallen, 1980. Rüegger, Diessenhofen 1980, ISBN 3-7253-0111-5 .
• Foreign Direct Investment and Development: A Comprehensive Evaluation - The Example of the INCSA Cement Factory in Costa Rica. Rüegger, Diessenhofen 1980, ISBN 3-7253-0104-2 .
• Regulatory carelessness as a competitive disadvantage: Switzerland's dwindling lead ( Zeitthemen series, No. 6). Working Group on Capital and Economy, Zurich 1990.
• The "social coldness" of liberalism: an attempt at clarification. Comdok, St. Augustin 1992, ISBN 3-89351-074-5 .
• Too much market economy? (= Current issues of Swiss economy and politics. No. 146). Redressement National, Zurich 1997.
• with R. James Breiding : Economic miracle Switzerland. Origin and future of a successful model. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3rd edition, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-03823-645-0 .

As editor

• Where rules slow you down ... Deregulation and privatization on the rise. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-85823-216-5 .
• The social aspect of the market economy. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-85823-276-9 .
• with Robert Nef : Neidökonomie: Economic aspects of a vice. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85823-859-7 .
• with Uwe Justus Wenzel : Lust and burden of liberalism: Philosophical and economic perspectives. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-03823-249-1 .
• with Gerd Habermann and Claudia Aebersold : The Idea of ​​Freedom: A Bibliography of 111 Works of Liberal Intellectual History. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-03823-329-9 .
• Trust: anchor of a liberal order. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-03823-330-5 .
• with R. James Breiding : Economic miracle Switzerland. Origin and future of a successful model. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3rd edition, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-03823-645-0 .
• with Michael Wohlgemuth : The struggle for freedom. Hayek's Constitution of Freedom after 50 Years. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-03823-712-9 .
• with Ernst Fehr: Psychological foundations of economics . Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3rd edition, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-85823-958-5 .
• with Karen Horn: The Value of Values. About the moral foundations of western civilization . NZZ Libro, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-03823-745-7 .
• with Urs Meister: Ideas for Switzerland. 44 chances to win the future . NZZ Libro, 2013. ISBN 978-3-03823-821-8 .
• with Beat Sitter-Liver et al .: Religion, Liberality and the Rule of Law. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03810-022-5 .
• with Philipp Bagus: The denationalization of money. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03823-886-7 .
• with Patrik Schellenbauer: Bilateralism - what else? Independence despite dependence . NZZ Libro, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03810-150-5 .
• with Karen Horn: Watch the Swiss. Insights and outlooks from abroad . NZZ Libro, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03823-821-8 .

literature

• Gerd Habermann, Marcel Studer (ed.): Liberalism - a timeless idea: National, European and global perspectives. Festschrift for Gerhard Schwarz on his 60th birthday. Olzog, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7892-8221-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Schwarz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gerhard Schwarz on the Avenir Suisse website
• Gerhard Schwarz in the imprint of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( memento from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• CV of Gerhard Schwarz at the Progress Foundation (PDF; 23 kB)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Gerhard Schwarz at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vernissage of the Festschrift for Dr. Gerhard Schwarz ( Memento from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: Website of the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society, April 28, 2011.
2. ↑ Swiss Monthly Bulletins . Volume 80 (2001), Issue 11, p. 17.
3. ↑ Gerhard Schwarz in the imprint of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( memento from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
4. ↑ ^{a b} «Communism may well rule in the family». ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Sunday newspaper . May 1, 2011, here on the Avenir Suisse website, accessed on January 2, 2012. 
5. ^ Gerhard Schwarz on the Avenir Suisse website , accessed on January 2, 2012,
6. ^ ^{A b} Jürgen Nordmann: No alternative - neoliberal positions in the print media after the financial crash. In: Walter Otto Ötsch , Claus Thomasberger (ed.): The neoliberal market discourse: origins, history, effects. Metropolis, Marburg 2009, p. 263.
7. ↑ International Students' Committee, Board of Trustees ( Memento from February 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
8. ^ Peter A. Fischer: Dispute among liberals escalates. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. July 14, 2015.
9. ↑ Board of Trustees ( Memento of the original dated March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Progress Foundation website, accessed January 2, 2012. 
10. ^ Prize winners , website of the Foundation for Western Ethics and Culture, accessed on January 2, 2012.
11. ↑ «It is pointless to try to stop the urge for more prosperity». In: Berner Zeitung / Newsnetz . Updated January 29, 2011, accessed January 2, 2012.