In an El Mundo article by Pablo Pardo, Professor Nicholas Barr FRSA argues that building national pension savings schemes around the decisions and actions of individuals is a mistake. The average citizen has too many other priorities to make complex economic choices, and given numerous options will tend to pick the default. Read the article in El Mundo
Poor financial literacy, and not always behaving rationally, were also Professor Barr’s themes at this year’s Julian Hodge Lecture on Applied Macroeconomics in Cardiff
Professor Barr is Professor of Public Economics at LSE and a member of the Bravo Commission for Chilean pension reform. He has advised governments in the UK, China, Finland, Sweden and South Africa on pensions policy.
He will be speaking at the LSE Global Pensions Programme in Rio in July 2016. Talks will be aimed at pension regulators, pension fund managers and analysts, asset management specialists, public policy officials and consultants. Find out more and book your place
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