The Chilean Lab: Pinochet, Friedman and the AFP Pension Privatization

The 1981 decree that made Chile the world's laboratory for privately managed pension funds — and half a century of protests, pentada suicides, reforms and reckoning.

Playlist by @pension_fund_history

9 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. Outrage in Chile over private pensions system — Al Jazeera English
  2. Ep 105: Chile's 1981 pension privatization sought stronger retirement savings but instead expanded… — Nerra Network
  3. CHILE: PENSION FUNDS SYSTEM INTRODUCED 16 YEARS AGO IS SUCCESSFUL — AP Archive
  4. Protesters in Chile demand an end to private pension funds — AP Archive
  5. Thousands protest in Chile against Pinochet-era pension system — AFP News Agency
  6. Joseph Stiglitz on Chile's pension system — ILO Social Protection
  7. People in Chile are rich but unhappy | VPRO Documentary — vpro documentary
  8. Chile elderly suicide rate soars over pension system — Al Jazeera English
  9. Did Milton Friedman support the Pinochet dictatorship? — ReasonTV