Discussions of pension system design are often difficult to follow, especially when tradeoffs between various system design features are obscured by complicated technical arguments. This article sets out to demystify these discussions by presenting nine guiding principles which ideally shape the...

This article summarizes the findings of a recent report commissioned by the Expert Group for Studies in Public Economics, a standing committee of the Swedish Ministry of Finance. The report makes the case that significant efficiency gains are possible through improving the management of the...