The Answer Is Transaction Costs

A Pension Promise Only Works When Politics Honors It

September 27, 2026·59 min
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Send us Fan Mail We walk through how Chile converts retirement savings into lifelong income and why inflation protection and competition make the design work. Then politics collides with contract law as COVID-era withdrawals test credible commitment and raise transaction costs across the financial system. • how AFP accounts build national savings and deep capital markets • why a pension is more than a savings account, especially under longevity risk • how the renta vitalici...

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