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Jose Pinera

Jose Pinera is a senior distinguished fellow of the Cato Institute, and founder and president of the International Center for Pension Reform. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University (USA). As Chile's minister of labor and social security from 1978 to 1980, and of mining in 1981, he was responsible for three key structural reforms: the privatization of the pension system, the labor law, and the restoration of private property rights in mining.
His pioneering work on pension reform has contributed to the adoption of the "Chilean model" - or similar models - in more than 30 countries.

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• A Way Out of Europe's Pension Crisis - [original article in english]
  "... ... Europe's state pension systems are based on the so-called pay-as-you-go (Paygo) principle, meaning that the pension payroll taxes of today's working populations are passed through immediately to today's retirees. This system worked half-a-century ago in a world where there were seven or more workers for each retiree ... ..."
  
  
• Un Modo per Uscire dalla Crisi Europea delle Pensioni - [italian translation by Giampietro Lea - Venetian Institute]
  "... ... I sistemi pensionistici statali Europei sono basati sul cosiddetto principio paga-come-vai [pay-as-you-go]; ciò sta a significare che il denaro proveniente dalle trattenute pensionistiche sugli stipendi della popolazione lavorativa attuale viene passato immediatamente ai pensionati attuali. Questo sistema funzionava bene mezzo secolo fa in un mondo dove c'erano sette o più lavoratori per ciascun pensionato ... ..."
  
  
• Neruda's Postino - [original short story in english]
  "... ... One day, early in 1970, my father confessed to me his guilt in an odd matter: he had been unable to send a book to Pablo Neruda. An American publishing house had recently put out a special edition of the Canto General, with illustrations by the Mexican artist David Siqueiros ... ..."
  
  
• Il Postino di Neruda - [italian translation by Giampietro Lea - Venetian Institute]
  "... ... Un giorno, all'inizio del 1970, mio padre mi confessò l'aver peccato in una questione un pò bizzarra: non era riuscito ad inviare un libro a Pablo Neruda. Una casa editrice Americana aveva da poco pubblicato un'edizione speciale del Canto General, con illustrazioni dell'artista messicano David Siqueiros ... ..."
  

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• Empowering Workers - The Radical Reforms of Pensions in Chile - [original english version]
  "... ... In Chile, the Pension Reform of November 4, 1980 introduced a revolutionary innovation. The Reform gave every worker the choice of opting out fully from the government-run pension system and instead putting the former payroll tax (10% of wages) in a privately managed personal retirement account (PRA)... ..."
  
  
• Potere ai Lavoratori - Riforma Radicale delle Pensioni in Cile -[italian translation by Giampietro Lea - Venetian Institute]
  "... ... In Cile, la Riforma delle Pensioni del 4 Novembre 1980 introdusse un'innovazione rivoluzionaria. La Riforma diede a ciascun lavoratore la possibilità di poter scegliere di staccarsi completamente dal sistema pensionistico amministrato dallo stato e di versare invece la precedente ritenuta sullo stipendio (10% della paga) su un conto pensionistico personale (CPP) amministrato da enti privati ... ..."
  

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