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Divestment Dumbassery: Know What You're Protesting
by meep
Today’s lovely divestment follies comes from someone who got press because he’s “just a kid”, but in the interim he entered legal adulthood (and the media circus has moved on). I am not even going to use his name, because: I don’t want to. (I will be quoting his tweets and other stuff, so it’s not like I’m totally ignoring who he is. I just don’t feel like doing this. I’m just a blogger, so...
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A Proposal for Public Pension Reform: The Idea and Coming Attractions
by meep
The core idea for a public pension reform proposal can be seen here:
Embracing Shared Risk and Chapter 9 to Create Sustainable Public Pensions
I was one of the four authors on this piece, and here is an excerpt:
Unsustainable and Unaffordable Public Pensions Cannot be Solved by Raising Taxes or the...
Taxing Tuesday: Trying to Escape Property Taxes, Follow-the-Leader, More Married Couple TCJA Scenarios
by meep
You can check in any time you like…
America’s new great migration in search of lower property taxes
Rich Harty, co-owner of Chicago-based Harty Realty Group, has an unusual business model. As an exclusive buyer’s agent, Harty has spent the past few years leading house hunters farther afield than many expected...
Memory Monday: Spanish Flu Still Relevant and Second Week of April 1918
by meep
I had a piece in Governing magazine (online) published last week:
Lessons From a Public Health Catastrophe
A hundred years ago, the Spanish flu killed tens of millions. As governments prepare for the next pandemic, there’s much to learn from the responses to that outbreak.
APRIL 12, 2018
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Mornings with Meep: Two Pension Stories and Skin in the Game
by meep
In this weekly video, I look at two new pieces on public pensions that came out this weekend: one focusing on Oregon and one on Illinois. then I tie it to Nicholas Nassim Taleb's new book Skin in the Game.Around the Pension-o-Sphere: Mostly Kentucky, Some California, and Pew Rains on the Parade
by meep
Today is mostly about Kentucky, as Bevin signed the pension bill that has teachers riled up (they’re going to be protesting today), has spurred a promised lawsuit, and there are a few leftover bills that were vetoed… and I’m not sure if the legislature has time (or willingness) to overturn...
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- @JanetheActuary @SOActuaries Oh wait -- one can do this in teams -- you wanna team up? Apr 20, 09:50 AM
- @JanetheActuary @SOActuaries I'm too tired to actually execute by writing this up. Somebody else want to? Apr 20, 09:43 AM
- @SOActuaries I'll do a real easy one: raise the minimum eligible retirement rate. Too much of a mortality bump at a… t.co/82Kv2FySzP Apr 19, 09:46 PM
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