Social Security, Tax Cuts, and the Future of Retirement with Andrew Biggs
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Andrew G. Biggs, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), about the...
Rising Concerns about St. Louis’s Teacher Pension Fund
KSDK recently ran a report on a topic familiar to Show-Me Institute readers: teacher pensions. The report, titled “Growing pension...
The Case for Capping Social Security with Andrew G. Biggs
Susan Pendergrass speaks with AEI’s Andrew G. Biggs about what can be done to address the looming crisis of the...
Viral Facebook Post about Missouri Teacher Pension Bill Is Filled with Falsehoods
In recent days, some Missouri teachers have been spreading a viral Facebook post that makes a number of inaccurate assertions....
Ask An Economist: Can a Strong Market Fix Missouri’s Pension Crisis?
Can above-average investment returns solve Missouri’s pension crisis? Dr. Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute reveals the answer in...
MOSERS Pension Buyout Good for Taxpayers, Probably Not for All Workers
Show-Me Institute scholars have been writing about the perilous position of public pension systems for years. In a 2013 policy...
Pension Reform in Missouri
“The bottom line is this: Our state has a serious pension problem, and we need to start talking about how...
MOSERS Wisely Reconsiders Past Assumptions
In elementary school I learned about the power of compounding from a book titled One Grain of Rice. The story...
Missouri Spends More on Employee Retirement Costs than Higher Education
Recently on this blog, my colleague Mike McShane highlighted a fascinating post from Chad Aldeman of Bellwether Education Partners. Using...
Missouri’s Pension System Must Change
When it comes to state pensions in Missouri and bad news, the hits just keep on coming. Last week, Bellwether...
A Must-Watch Video about Teacher Pensions
For years now, scholars at the Show-Me Institute have been writing about the problems with teacher pensions. Don’t believe me?...
Surprising No One, Big Government Union Wants State to Spend More
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 72 (AFSCME), a big government union representing various health, service,...
Teacher Pensions: Let’s Not Become Illinois
When talking about pension reform, it’s easy to lose sight of the real, human consequences of the decisions policymakers make....
This Sounds Familiar
Cassandra was a Trojan princess who had the gift of prophecy. She foresaw that the abduction of Helen would bring about the...
Breaking: Another Study Backs Up The Show-Me Institute
The Competitive Enterprise Institute grabbed our attention when it released a new report comparing the unfunded pension liabilities of all 50...
Want Better Teachers In High-Need Schools? Fix Pensions
What if instead of busing students from failing school districts to accredited ones, we bused great teachers from accredited schools...
Breaking: New Study Supports Old Show-Me Institute Study
I admit that I like to spend a good portion of my spare time at the casino. I gamble even...
Current Teacher Pension Systems Impose A “Tariff” On Labor
As first appearing in TeacherPensions.org on 25 Feb, 2014, and Education Next on 26 Feb, 2014: In Missouri, students in...
Show-Me Institute Presents: Missouri Transition Costs And Public Pension Reform
The Show-Me Institute has talked about the need to reform public employee pension plans so they are financially secure and...
Robbing Peter To Pay Paul’s Defined Benefit Pension
After graduating from college, Peter and Paul began teaching in different Missouri public school districts. Feeling satisfied with their long,...
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