These days, very few people get guaranteed pensions and they are almost always 401ks instead.
If you are running a business, isn’t it cheaper to provide pensions? You can invest the money in the same sort of funds that a 401k is invested in, but money not paid out (say, both retiree and spouse die) can be pocketed where 401k goes to whoever is a beneficiary like kids, extended family, charities, pets, etc).
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A pension ties you to jobs that are in the specific pension. 401(k) is portable. If you leave your job, you just roll it into your new job’s 40 1K plan.
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