Nobody here mentions anying about the very peculiar banking system that let the swiss economy get a huge chunk of the illegaly made money of the world?
Of course, you can have a very generous social security system and a great transport infrastructure when you've been financed by crime for decades.
It's probably not the only reason of course, and we surely have many smart things to learn from this country.
The discussion, quite correctly, isn't about Switzerland vs. the U.S. but about northern/Western Europe vs the U.S. since everything in the article applies pretty generally (sometimes even more) also e.g in the Nordic countries.
Some outliers (Norway, Switzerland) have weird economies, but others such as Finland don't.
Of course, you can have a very generous social security system and a great transport infrastructure when you've been financed by crime for decades.
It's probably not the only reason of course, and we surely have many smart things to learn from this country.