附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-324) and index.
摘要:The growth of pension funds has been nothing short of astronomical. Pension funds now dominate the world's financial markets, affecting nations' wealth, community development, and industrial well being. Yet little is known about their structure and organization. Pension funds and their agents in the investment industry control enormous sums of money, profoundly affecting the structure and performance of nation-states and the global economy. At the same time, it is also apparent that; many western governments are retreating from the provision of 'public good' once thought essential to the fabri.