Opinion
There’s a Way to Fix the $4.6 Trillion U.S. Public Pensions Mess — Canada Shows Us How
— November 22, 2020

By Ingo Walter and Clive Lipshitz
By Ingo Walter and Clive Lipshitz
Most U.S. public pensions plans were in surplus in 2000. Today, based on their own accounting – which differs from that of the Fed – they hold less than 75 cents on every dollar they owe to their 33 million plan members. Funding gaps are now affecting municipal bond ratings, and COVID-19 has introduced new stresses to public finance.
Pension reform is needed, yet no one seems to know what to do. And few want to rock the boat.
Read the full MarketWatch article.
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Ingo Walter is a Professor of Finance Emeritus at New York University Stern School of Business.