September 23, 2016
Contrary to popular belief, defined benefit pensions are not only good for workers and taxpayers, they’re also good for the economy, generating significant amounts of economic activity nationally each year. According to a report released by the National Institute on …
September 14, 2016
North Carolina is known for a lot of things. Controversial voter ID laws. Duke basketball and Tar Heel basketball. Kitty Hawk. I have an unlikely suspect to add to the list: North Carolina has one of the strongest public pension …
September 2, 2016
In investing as in most of life, it is human nature to worry about the future. Public pensions have long been an antidote to worry, providing teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public servants with assurance that they will have …
July 17, 2016
Forbes called it “fiscal snake oil.” The New York Times editorial board: “ruinous.” Late night talk show host Seth Meyers weighed in saying: “Even when you buy couch cleaner, they tell you to try it on a small patch of …
July 5, 2016
News of the “Brexit” vote trickled over the Atlantic Ocean late in the evening last Thursday. By Friday morning, Facebook and other social media sites were overflowing with questions about what this meant for the U.K., what this meant for …
May 25, 2016
It’s no secret that our nation is facing a student debt crisis. You don’t need me to tell you that more and more people are graduating with burdensome student loan debt levels that force them to rely on credit cards, …
