September 17, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Let’s Talk “Basic Retirement Income” Social Security Reform – What Would It Look Like?” What do you think: is Ireland, The Netherlands, or Australia the best model for Social Security reform?
September 14, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Elizabeth Warren’s Social Security Proposal Doesn’t Go Far Enough: It’s Time For A Basic (Retirement) Income” Who’s in for comprehensive Social Security reform?
September 11, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Chicago/Illinois Pensions: What Does It Take To Get To Reform? Insolvencies, Subsidies, Rating Agencies” Let’s face it: what are the true prospects for pension reform in Illinois and Chicago?
September 7, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Are Contribution Underpayments Really The Cause Of Chicago’s Pension Woes?” Once more, from the top, it’s trivial and unhelpful to blame contribution underpayments for the city’s pension woes.
September 6, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Chicago Fire, Chicago Police, Chicago Pensions: Why A COLA Change Isn’t A Cure-All” Chicago will need to do an awful lot more than reform its COLA to fix pension underfunding.
September 3, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “It’s The Insolvency, Stupid -Why Pensions Really Are An Urgent Issue For Chicago” Yes, Chicago’s pensions will become insolvent if the city tries to play more “funding ramp” games.