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Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

Biography

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor was part of the Economics Department at INSEAD and a Senior Research Fellow of INSEAD’s European Competitiveness Initiative. He led, in partnership with global companies and policy makers, the intellectual approach and execution of projects related to economic policy, competitiveness and innovation/technology. He consulted for the OECD, the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations Environment Program on a number of strategic projects and has been actively involved in the European Commission Digital Agenda Assembly. Dr. Rodriguez-Montemayor previously worked in the Mexican financial sector for the Pensions Commission, CONSAR (a regulatory body), and for the Inter-American Conference of Social Security.

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How the Digital Economy Has Exacerbated Inequality

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

In today’s markets, firms and executives with even the tiniest competitive advantage grab all the spoils.
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Economics & Finance

Surviving the Generational Clash

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

How society can avoid fragmentation as generations blame one another for these precarious times.

Economics & Finance

How Invisible Inequality Hurts the Poor

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

We need to confront how increasing income inequality is affecting people’s inner lives.

Responsibility

How Technology Can Defuse the Demographic Time Bomb

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

As people live longer and working age populations face hardship, technology could help ease the growing dependency burden.

Responsibility

How to Share the Benefits of Technology

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

An unconditional, universal “citizen’s income” could ensure a fairer distribution of the benefits of technology and transform economies in the process.
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Responsibility

Will Pension Funds Go Green?

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

The UN’s international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions could change the way pension funds invest our money.
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Economics & Finance

Making Pension Systems Stronger via Financial Markets

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor

Life expectancy keeps increasing and pension payout levels are often higher than what a company or fund originally accounted for. This risk of ‘longevity’ can be transferred to financial markets, but pricing and risk management of longevity risk are urgently needed.

Economics & Finance

Are We Ready to Make Decisions for Our Retirement?

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayo

Rapidly aging populations are forcing policymakers to rethink pensions. Defined contribution schemes are quickly becoming the norm, but people don’t yet seem ready for them.
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