Economics
Swiss Go to Polls on World’s Highest Wage, Fighter Jet Purchase
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The Swiss decide today whether to enact the world’s highest minimum wage and spend 3.1 billion francs ($3.5 billion) on 22 new Saab AB fighter jets.
While a proposal for a national minimum wage of 22 francs per hour looks likely to fail, the outcome of the vote on the government’s acquisition of Saab’s new Gripen jets is still too close to call, according to the most recent polls by gfs.bern.