Calm Amid the Chaos: Wisconsin’s Pension System and the 2008 Financial Crisis
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Download The Case Study | Calm Amid the Chaos: Wisconsin’s Pension System and the 2008 Financial Crisis Between September and December of 2008, as investors […]
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The Pension Basics Series
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Most public workers in America are enrolled in a pension plan. For those who work a full career in education, public safety, or other state […]
How Pension Contributions Work
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Have you ever wondered how pension contributions work? If you’re a public employee, you make monthly contributions from your paycheck. If you’re a taxpayer, the […]
Where Are State & Local Workers Allowed to Join Social Security?
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Millions of state agency workers, municipal employees, and police and firefighters across the country do not participate in Social Security. There are 12 states that […]
Where Are Teachers Allowed to Join Social Security?
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More than a million teachers across the country do not participate in Social Security. There are 11 states that have totally opted out of Social […]
Why Funded Status Matters
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The healthiest year on record for U.S. pension funds was 2001, when collectively the major retirement systems across the country reported being virtually 100% funded. […]
Pension Basics: Funded Status
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Funded status measures the dollars a pension fund has received and invested, compared to the pension payments it needs to make. Government employers have made […]
Why COLAs Matter for Retirement Security
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Everyone has their favorite moment of realizing the effects of inflation. Just five cents for a bottle of Coke? You’d be lucky to get that […]
Why Equable Institute Cares about Retirement Security
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For America’s states and local governments to function properly and thrive — that is, to provide effective and efficient governance — the institutions within its […]
Pension Myths & Facts: Pensions are Not Funded like Social Security
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Myth: More public employees are needed to ensure pension debt gets paid off. Fact: Pension debt is not solved by hiring more employees because pensions […]