The Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) (German: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik (SGVS), French: Société suisse d'économie et de statistique (SSES); Italian: Società svizzera di economia e di statistica (SSES)) is a Swiss learned society for economics and an association comprising all Swiss universities with faculties of economics,[1] based in Zurich.
[8] In 1937, it changed its name to the Swiss Society for Statistics and Economics (German: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Statistik und Volkswirtschaft, (SGSV)).
[9] In 2001, the name was slightly altered to the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (German: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, (SGVS)).
[8][10] The topics discussed at the annual meetings of the SSES are regularly covered in Swiss newspapers.
[12] Past topics have included the industrialisation of Switzerland,[13] full employment and the right to work,[14][15] population dynamics and the social position of women,[16] competition,[12] dirigisme and regulation,[17][18] and the European debt crisis.