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Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

Map

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Up Front

Present consequences of unfunded pension liabilities and ways forward

Jeffrey Cheng and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Having too much employer stock in your 401(k) is dangerous. Just look at GE.

Robert C. Pozen and Ming Liu

Monday, July 2, 2018

Reports

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

The retirement revolution

Martin Neil Baily and Benjamin H. Harris

Friday, June 8, 2018

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Risky choices: Simulating public pension funding stress with realistic shocks

James Farrell and Daniel Shoag

Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Public employee pensions and collective bargaining rights

Brigham R. Frandsen and Michael Webb

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

The interaction between IRAs and 401(k) plans in savers’ portfolios

William G. Gale, Aaron Krupkin, and Shanthi Ramnath

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Retirement: Will boomers go bust…or only millennials and Gen Xers?

Joshua Gotbaum

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Blog Posts

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Future Development

Social insurance in the time of robots

Maria Gonzalez-Miranda and Ivailo Izvorski

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Up Front

The budget gimmick that undermines public and private finances

Leonard E. Burman and William G. Gale

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

A conversation with SEC Commissioner Kara Stein

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

Rebuilding the employment security system for the Rust Belt that created it

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Having too much employer stock in your 401(k) is dangerous. Just look at GE.

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The interaction between IRAs and 401(k) plans in savers’ portfolios

Retirement: Will boomers go bust…or only millennials and Gen Xers?

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