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Open in the appZurich regularly ranks among the world's most expensive cities. But also among the richest, meaning those with the highest quality of life as well as the highest density of millionaires. Why is this actually the case, when less than 150 years ago more people emigrated from here… Zurich regularly ranks among the world's most expensive cities. But also among the richest, meaning those with the highest quality of life as well as the highest density of millionaires. Why is this actually the case, when less than 150 years ago more people emigrated from here due to poverty than immigrated? How did Zurich become one of the world's most important financial centres? How did we once compensate for our lack of raw materials? What does neutrality have to do with it? What about ETH, sport or the art market? And what are likely to be the best financial investments of the future? What role did ETH, sport or the art market play in today's prosperity? Tobias Straumann, professor of economic history at the University of Zurich, and Andrea Weidemann, head of the Swiss Financial Museum, discuss this in our exhibition at the National Museum – drawing on objects from 5000 years of Zurich history. The event is part of the "Canton Stories" series: Here Einfach Zürich presents institutions that also convey Zurich history and brings them into dialogue on a current topic.