The German Parliament has passed pension reform legislation, marking the first radical break with the country's 120-year old pay-as-you-go pension system.
The most significant part of the legislative package is the introduction of a privately funded component, inspired by the US 401K plan, which will begin in January 2002 and is due to be fully opera...
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