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California Pension Fund Threatens to Renege on its Promises for the First Time

The pension Ponzi scheme has run its course for a tiny California town.

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Detroit Meltdown: Appeals Court Rejects Pensioners’ Challenge

Public union leaders, take note.

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Desperate Pension Funds Mull Buyouts

Buyouts will almost certainly be part of the ultimate solution to America’s pension crisis, but they are far from some kind of silver bullet.

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Sleight-of-Hand in Sacramento

How California pension officials distort the size of liabilities at taxpayers’ expense.

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Why Don’t Teachers Make More Money?

If pensions had been properly managed, most of the “teacher pay penalty” could be wiped out overnight.

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Actuarial Establishment Tries to Suppress Explosive Paper on Public Pensions

Is it any wonder that Americans are fed up with experts and the institutions they manage?

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Early Data Undermine Minimum Wage Romanticism

Seattle’s minimum wage hike destroyed jobs and had a trivial impact on wages, according to a new study.

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Pension Returns Reach Record Low

The window for can-kicking is closing.

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The Pension Vise Tightens in California

California’s teacher pension fund didn’t come close to meeting its annual target.

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The California Pension Bomb Just Got More Explosive

CalPERS’s annual return didn’t come close to meeting its annual target.

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