Advisor
Center for Trade Policy Studies
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Dr. Piñera is Founder and president of the International Center for Pension Reform as well as co-chair of The Cato Institute's Project on Social Security Privatization. He is also chairman of Proyecto Chile 2010, and editor and publisher of Economia y Sociedad. Dr. Piñera has published extensively. His most recent book is Chile 2010: Libertad, libertad mis amigos (1997). He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Economist. Dr. Piñera transformed Chile serving as Minister of Labor and Social Security and Minister of Mining. He was the architect of the introduction of property rights into the Chilean mining industry, as well as the leader of Chile's social security privatization. He served as mayor of an impoverished Santiago neighborhood and later ran for President of Chile. Dr. Piñera completed his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Católica de Chile before receiving a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard. He can be contacted at jose@cato.org. |
Media Appearances 
"The Man Who Fought for Prosperity and Democracy in Chile interviewed by Thomas Gur," Axel and Margaret Axson Johnson Foundation, Sweden (March 19, 2005). [Real Media]
"Reinventing Social Security in the 21st Century," Russell Summit (March 2006). [Real Media]
Jose Pinera's speech on "Personal Retirement Accounts," in a "For Our Grandchildren" organization conference (February 18, 2003). [Real Media]
Jose Pinera and Rep. Christopher Cox Discuss Social Security Reform (May 19, 2002). [Real Media]
Books and Book Chapters 
Chile 2010: Libertad, Libertad, Mis Amigos, (1997)
Commentary 
"Retiring in Chile," The New York Times, December 1, 2004
"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.
"Chile Takes a Bold Step Toward Freer Trade," The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 1999.
"An Open Letter to President Clinton," The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 1998
"In Chile, They Went Private 16 Years Ago," The Washington Post, March 23, 1998
"Chile's Social Security Lesson For The U.S.," Investor's Business Daily, December 17, 1997
"Empowering Workers: The Privatization of Social Security in Chile," Cato's Letter no. 10 (1996)
Podcasts 
"What the U.S. Can Learn from Chile," September 29, 2006 [MP3, 10:02]