Better Pay, Fairer Pensions III — The Impact of Cash-Balance Pensions on...
Author: 882269Publication date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Pension ReformPre K-12PDF to download: R-JMMW-0616.pdfKey Findings: A previously released paper by the authors found...
View ArticleNew Jersey's Pension Apocalypse Is Looming
Author: 519Excerpt: Understand: New Jersey is one mild economic downturn from not being able to make payments to retirees, whether it wants to or not.Publication date: Monday, June 27, 2016Show on E21:...
View ArticleThe Public Pension Problem: It's Much Worse Than It Appears
Author: 125Publication date: Friday, July 22, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Pension ReformTax & BudgetWhen financial markets slumped in 2008, the assets in government-worker pension funds plunged...
View ArticleState Pensions Aren't Washington's Problem
Author: 127Publication date: Monday, July 25, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Pension ReformCongress and the next president should make it clear that federal bailouts of state and local pension funds...
View ArticleCovering Up the Pension Crisis
Author: 125Excerpt: States and actuaries are trying to stifle debate about the growing shortfall in fund assets.Publication date: Friday, August 26, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Tax &...
View ArticleChicago Teachers Union Strike Could Happen as Early as October
Author: 678Publication date: Monday, September 12, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Pension ReformThe Role of UnionsPre K-12The following is an interview with Daniel DiSalvo by the Illinois News...
View ArticleIn Fast-Growing Texas, Local Debt Has Soared—Now, Who'll Pick Up the Tab?
Author: 125Publication date: Monday, October 3, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Pension ReformReinventing GovernmentExplosive population growth has encouraged Texas localities to borrow, borrow, and...
View ArticleN.J. Residents Owe $15K per Person in Pension Debt. Compromise Is the Only Fix
Author: 125Publication date: Monday, October 3, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Pension ReformNew Jersey residents have absorbed so much bad news about our state government pension fund that they don't...
View ArticleFeeling the Squeeze: Pension Costs Are Crowding Out Education Spending
Author: 882Publication date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016Show on E21: Related Topic: Pension ReformPDF to download: R-JM-1016.pdfKey Findings: Taxpayer contributions to teachers’ retirement plans are...
View ArticleCity Bankruptcies Should be a State Responsibility
Author: 796678Publication date: Saturday, January 28, 2017Show on E21: Related Topic: Tax & BudgetPension ReformWithin the next couple months, San Bernardino will exit Chapter 9 municipal...
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