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china because china, although they have a very large population, they have a very large population, they have the one child policy which they ve since repealed, but you still have a lot of people of working age right now and another ten, 15, 20 years, china will be for japan is today because of that. there is the question of how much people contributing and how well pension funds are growing. because when you have a conflict light, for example, what we are seeing in ukraine, that is having a profound impact on peoples ability, spare cash that they can contribute to pension funds but also how well those pension funds grow. have hit the nail on the head there. in terms of how we pay for pension systems, that it of how we pay for pension systems, thatitis of how we pay for pension systems, that it is really only two things. contributions that we put in, and a return on those contributions. and return on those contributions. and in the return on those contributions. fific in the investmen
and then the investment return really is a function of the of the broader of the broader economy. i will say that for long term pension systems in general, the even something as horrific as the word ukraine right now is considered a shorter term impacts in that these pension funds have a time horizon of 20, 30, 40 years or more. and from that perspective, even a shorter term conflict, although not good for returns in the short run, will be smooth over in the long run. the other perspective is for those of us who are receiving benefits and that long horizon is scant comfort. and that is we saw that happen even in 2008, the the global financial crisis. a lot of people who were thought they were ready to retire at that point found themselves having to work a few
taxes and paying into those benefits is shrinking. japan is an extreme example of that, but an example that we studied when we were at the world economic forum was that of china, because china, although they have a very large population, they have the one child policy which they ve since repealed, but you still have a glut of people at the working age right now that in another ten, 15, 20 years, china will be where japan is today because of that. and then there s the question of how much people are contributing and how well funds, pension funds are growing. because when you have a conflict, like, for example, what we re seeing in ukraine, that s having a profound impact on people s ability, spare cash that they can contribute to pension funds, but also how well those pension funds grow. yeah. tanya, you ve hit the nail on the head there in terms of how we pay for pension systems is really only two things contributions that we put in and the investment return on those contributions.