CEQLS Lecture:
José Piñera: Private vs. Public Pension Systems

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José Piñera: Press Conference and CEQLS Lecture, Conservative Institute, Bratislava, September 11, 2008

http://www.josepinera.com/icpr/pag/pag_jp.htmJosé Piñera is fully dedicated to promote and share his paradigm of personal retirement accounts around the world as a President of http://www.pensionreform.org/The International Center for Pension Reform. Dr. Piñera holds a Master (1972) and Ph.D. (1974) degree in Economics from Harvard University, and is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, Co-Chairman of its http://www.cato.org/people/jose-pineraProject on Social Security Choice, and Board member of both its Trade and Global Prosperity Centers.

As Chile's Minister of Labor and Social Security (1978-1980), José Piñera was responsible for the Social Security Act of 1980, that created a fully funded pension system based on personal retirement accounts and allowed workers to choose a private health option, and for the Labor Code of 1979, that re-introduced trade union democracy and decentralized collective bargaining.

He is the author of nine books and numerous essays (more can be found http://www.josepinera.com/pag/pag_libros.htmhere).

Selected articles by José Piñera:

• http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj24n3/cj24n3-7.pdfWealth Through Ownership: Creating Property Rights In Chilean Mining, (Cato Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2004),
• http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj24n1-2/cj24n1-2-6.pdfWill the Pension Time Bomb Sink the Euro? (Cato Journal Vol. 24, No. 1-2, 2004),
• http://www.josepinera.com/pag/pag_tex_toward.htmToward a World of Worker-Capitalists (Boston Conversazioni, April 2001),
• http://www.josepinera.com/pag/pag_tex_russia.htmA Chilean Model for Russia, Foreign Affairs, September-October 2000)

José Piñera has received several awards:

• 2007: "Golden Umbrella Award for Best Contribution to Free Market Thinking", the Stockholm Network, London,
  
• 2005: "Freedom Award", Liberální institut, Prague,
  
• 2003: "Champion of Liberty Award", the Goldwater Institute,
  
• 2000: "Hall of Fame Award", the International Insurance Society,
  
• 1999: "John S. Bickley Gold Medal", the International Insurance Society,
  
• 1998: "Liberty Award for Opportunity", Americans for Hope, Growth and Opportunity.

More information on José Piñera can be found http://www.josepinera.com/pag/pag_speaker.htmhere.

Selected articles about/by José Piñera:

August 22, 2008

Conservative Letters: http://www.institute.sk/article.php?2107José Piñera: Towards a world of worker-capitalists through pension reform

May 15, 2008

The Washington Times: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/15/a-working-model/Richard W. Rahn: A working model

March 3, 2005

The Wall Street Journal: http://www.josepinera.com/icpr/pag/pag_tex_mattmoffett.htmMatt Moffett: Pension Reform Pied Piper Loves Private Accounts

Fall 1999

Global Custodian Special Report: http://www.josepinera.com/pag/pag_tex_innovators.htmBismarck vs. Piñera: The innovators who changed global investing

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