Economic and financial literacy is a fundamental life skill for navigating today's complex world. Iconomix offers valuable resources for developing these skills, with a focus on experience-oriented teaching and learning materials.
This article addresses two key questions: Why and how?
Last year, Germany launched a nationwide strategy to improve the financial literacy of the population.
We wanted to find out more from financial education expert Carmela Aprea about the aims and approach of Germany's financial education strategy and asked her why there is no comparable initiative in Switzerland to date.
Iconomix is now cooperating with MobLab, an educational platform with games and experiments for teaching economic concepts. Teachers who are registered with Iconomix can use 17 games and experiments for free.
The Iconomix ‘Economic trends’ unit is an attractive and practical way of teaching the topic of economics.
The latest edition is now available.
To the StoryIn 2007, the SNB launched the Iconomix educational offering, a programme designed to promote basic economic and financial literacy in Switzerland. Iconomix is aimed at teachers of economics and social studies at Swiss upper secondary schools.
To the storyFinancial literacy is one of the focal points of Iconomix. In a world that is becoming ever more financially complex and interconnected, a sound education in personal finance is essential in order to be able to make responsible decisions.
To the storyIn a world where climate change is an ever-present topic, the finance sector becomes the target of vivid discussions about the role of sustainable investing.
A recent study examined how much Swiss households know about socially, environmentally and economically sustainable investment products. We provide you with a short summary of the key facts.
To the storyMobLab is an educational platform with games and experiments for teaching economic concepts. Nathanael Berger, Director for Customer Success at MobLab and Economic and Law teacher at Gymnasium Oberwil talks in the interview about the games and experiments from MobLab and how to use them in class.
To the interviewDaniel Kahneman, an important psychologist of the 20th century, combined psychology and economics. His findings challenged traditional economic theory and led to the emergence of behavioural economics.
An NZZ article in German looks back on Kahneman's work. We provide a brief summary here.
To the storyLast year, Germany launched a nationwide strategy to improve the financial literacy of the population.
We wanted to find out more from financial education expert Carmela Aprea about the aims and approach of Germany's financial education strategy and asked her why there is no comparable initiative in Switzerland to date.
To the interviewFew topics cause as much unease among young adults in Switzerland as pension provision and security in old age.
The new Iconomix-unit «Old-age pension provision» teaches the basics of OASI, occupational pensions and the challenges of the Swiss pension system.
To the storyThe latest edition of the Economic trends publication, which is based on the SECO publication ‘Konjunkturtendenzen’/‘Tendances conjoncturelles’, is now available. The topics are the current economic situation and the outlook for Switzerland in 2024 and 2025.
The Federal Government’s Expert Group expects real GDP growth (adjusted for major sporting events) of 1.1% for 2024 and 1.7% for 2025. The economic risks remain high.
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