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...
