Why does the state not only need the market economy, but the market economy also the state? How does prosperity originate? In 12 theses, Kaspar Villiger gives a summary of his 46 years as a businessman, a member of the administrative board of global groups, minister of defence and finance as well as president of the Swiss confederation, searching for answers to these and other questions.

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Geboren 1941; 1966 Diplomingenieur ETH; 1989-2003 Bundesrat (zuerst Verteidigungsminister, dann Finanzminister); 1995 & 2002 Bundespräsident; 2004-09 Verwaltungsrat Nestlé, Swiss Re und Neue Zürcher Zeitung; 2009-12 Verwaltungsratspräsident UBS; 2004 Ehrendoktorwürde der Universität Luzern; seit 2009 Chairman der UBS Foundation of Economics in Society.