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A Way Out of Europe's Pension Crisis, by José Piñera.

A Pension Reform Proposal for Spain, by José Piñera.
Pension Reform: What an Ageing Europe can learn from Chile?, by Kristian Niemietz
Bring on the Pension Reform, by The Wall Street Journal Europe.
The Graying of Europe, by The Wall Street Journal Europe.
Bye-bye Bismarck, by Antony P. Mueller
Why Europe Sags, by The Wall Street Journal.
Europe's reforms will curb flexibility, by Georges de Menil.
Old Europe Is Late For the Capitalist Ball, by Richard Rahn.
Milan Conference on the crisis of the welfare state in Europe.
Aging Italy, by Daniel Williams.

Is Chile on the Italian Menu?, by Steve Hanke

Italy's Tyranny of Labor Protection, by Alberto Mingardi.
Entretien avec Dr. José Piñera, par Cécile Philippe.

Retraites et le future de l'euro, par José Piñera

La Via Cilena Alla Previdenza, di Marco Panara.

Dossier Pensioni, di Istituto Bruno Leoni.
El debate en España, por Carlos Rodríguez Braun.

What has been said?

"In Europe, life's certainties are death, taxes and the need for pension reform. Governments are delaying the inevitable. A braver, and ultimately better, path would be to take the example of Chile".

Editorial, Wall Street Journal Europe, May 6, 2003

"Berlin, 2050. The once flourishing metropolis resembles a cross between an old-age home and a ghost town. The average age of the citizenry is 50. For every retired senior living off a government pension, just one younger German is left to pay into the system. To save money and free precious workers, the Bundestag votes to abolish the pension bureaucracy. From now on, each retiree will be assigned his or her working-age slave, who will hand over half his salary".

Stefan Theil, Newsweek, June 30, 2003