Book Forum # Switzerland: A Free-Market Model for Europe? ##### Watch the Event [Download a podcast of the event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2013/cbfa-04-23-13.mp3). Join the conversation on X using [\#CatoEvents](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoEvents). Follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute. Date and Time April 23, 2013 5 - 6:30 PM EDT Location Hayek Auditorium Share This Event ##### Featuring Featuring **R. James Breiding**, Author, *Swiss Made*, and founder, Naissance Capital; with comments by **Richard Rahn**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, and Chairman, Institute for Global Economic Growth; moderated by **Mark Calabria**, Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute; with a brief welcome by **Manuel Sager**, Swiss Ambassador to the United States. [ [![Media Name: swiss-made-cover.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/swiss-made-cover.jpg?itok=8MCf2QeI)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/swiss-made-cover.jpg) Purchase book](http://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Made-Untold-Switzerlands-Success/dp/1846685869/?tag=catoinstitute-20) With what appears to be a never-ending fiscal crisis in Europe, it would be tempting to conclude that every country in Europe is at the risk of impending failure. Such a conclusion would be false. In the middle of Europe lies one country, Switzerland, where moderate taxes and regulation have not strangled innovation. R. James Breiding, author of *Swiss Made: The Untold Story behind Switzerland’s Success*, will describe the institutions and characteristics that have made the Swiss economy a success. Our panel will also examine what lessons the Swiss model offers for the rest of Europe. [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).