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José Piñera
Co-chairman, Project on Social Security Choice
Distinguished senior fellow José Piñera is co-chairman of Cato's Project on Social Security Choice and Founder and President of the International Center for Pension Reform. Formerly Chile's Secretary of Labor and Social Security, he was the architect of the country's successful reform of its pension system. As Secretary of Labor, Piñera also designed the labor laws that introduced flexibility to the Chilean labor market and, as Secretary of Mining, he was responsible for the constitutional law that established private property rights in Chilean mines. Dr. Piñera now advises governments throughout the world on the establishment of personal account retirement systems. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Wired, and several other publications. Piñera received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: jose@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
Le Taureau par les Cornes (Paris, 2008)
Der Weg Zum Mündigen Bürger (Vaduz, 2007)
Una Casa Dividida (Santiago, 2005)
Pensioni, Una Riforma per Sopravvivere (Rome, 2004)
Fundamentos de la Ley Constitucional Minera (Santiago, 2002)
Articles and Newsletters
"Wealth Through Ownership: Creating Property Rights In Chilean Mining," Cato Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall 2004.
"Will the Pension Time Bomb Sink the Euro?" Cato Journal, vol. 24, nos. 1–2, Spring/Summer 2004.
"Latin America: A Way Out," Cato Journal, vol. 22, no.3, Winter 2003.
"Asia: The Fall of a Second Berlin Wall," Cato Journal, vol. 18, no.3, Winter 1999.
"Empowering Workers: The Privatization of Social Security in Chile," Cato's Letter no. 10 (1996)
Opinion and Commentary
"Social Security: Franklin vs. Bismarck," Cato.org, July 5, 2005
"Retiring in Chile," The New York Times, December 1, 2004
"Free Trade and Social Security Choice," Cato.org, June 15, 2003
"Toward a World of Worker-Capitalists," Cato.org, April 11, 2001
"A Chilean Model for Russia," Cato.org, October 15, 2000
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Europe: Either Bismarck or the Euro, but Not Both," February 23, 2010
"Why Chile Is More Economically Free Than the United States," September 17, 2009
"Using Twitter to Confront an Anti-Semitic Attack in Chile’s Paper of Record," August 6, 2009
"To Milton What Belongs to Milton," November 17, 2006
Events
"21st Annual Monetary Conference: The Future of the Euro," November 20, 2003 [Conference]
"Social Security and Hispanic Americans ," May 21, 2002 [Conference]
"Privatizing Social Security: Beyond the Theory," February 6, 2001 [Conference]
Multimedia
José Piñera on America's soaring debts. (February 22, 2010) [Cato Video, 18:56]
José Piñera discusses privatizing social security on FBN (February 22, 2010) [Media Highlights - TV, 19:18]
José Piñera discusses economic development in Latin America at an APEE conference in Guatemala (April 6, 2009) [Flash Video]
José Piñera discusses economics on IRN's Unravelling the New World Order (January 29, 2009) [Media Highlights - Radio, 18:30]
What the U.S. Can Learn from Chile (September 29, 2006) [Daily Podcast, 10:02]
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