The Sources of America’s Public Pension Debt
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There are many theories about why America has over a trillion dollars in public pension debt. And there is certainly more than one reason why, […]
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Introducing the National Landscape of State Retirement Benefits Report
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Equable Institute on June 24 launched the first edition of “The National Landscape of State Retirement Benefits” report, a topline report of the quality of […]
Introducing the Retirement Security Report
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Equable Institute on June 24 launched the first edition of the Retirement Security Report, an interactive digital report that evaluates the quality of public retirement […]
What Public Workers Should Know About the Retirement Security Report
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When evaluating their individual retirement plan in the Retirement Security Report, public workers should look to see whether their plan is expected to work for […]
Retirement Security Report: Retirement Plan Ranking
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Equable Institute’s Retirement Security Report evaluated the quality and value of 335 statewide retirement plans in the United States using important retirement plan design metrics […]
A Primer on Pension Fund Activism—What is It and Should States do it?
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Ben & Jerry’s decision not to sell their ice cream in Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem has led to many protests, including some pension […]
The Truth About Pension Funds and Fossil Fuel Stocks
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If you’ve read the The New York Times recently, you may have heard that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli became a hero for deciding to disinvest the […]
Employee Contributions for State Agency Pension Plans
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Every state manages its pension funds for state workers a little differently. States also vary in how much they make state workers pay for retirement […]
Understanding the State of Teacher Pension Funding in 2020
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Teachers and educators make up the largest group of public employees in the country. Roughly half of the pension promises made by states and cities […]
State of Pensions 2020: National Pension Funding Trends
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U.S statewide pension funds entered the COVID-19 recession profoundly weaker than they were financially going into the Great Recession, a new report on […]