You know you’re in Geneva Switzerland…
by Benjamin on March 27, 2010
…When the public transportation is free for tourists, but it’ll cost you $60+ to drive on the highway. When the ATM asks you if you want to credit your account in Swiss Francs or your home currency, and then quotes you the exchange rates. When the UN, WTO and WIPO all have their headquarters together, and none of them sell travel adapters even when Switserland have non-EU and non-US power outlets.
All in all, it’s a very nice place, given its main attraction is a lake. That is made up for with the caliber of the people it attracts. Of all the interesting things I heard, the scariest may be the chief economist at the WTO explaining how positive it was that the debate on TRIPs had shifted from one of static rent-seeking with winners and losers, to a more nuanced picture, even if it was a matter of rent seeking originally. Hmmm…
Tags: Economics, Geneva, WIPO, WTO
