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Pension Buyouts: What Can We Learn From the UK Experience? Over the past half century, employer-sponsored defined benefit (DB) pensions have been crucial sources of retirement income and security. However, the popularity of DB pensions in the private sector has dwindled, and competitive pressures may drive DB plans from the private sector altogether. Significantly, this burden is not only a US phenomenon, as UK private plan sponsors are also struggling to manage their DB pension commitments. Nonetheless, a fundamental difference of opinion exists between UK and US policymakers about how to address the decline of the DB system . . . more Who Is Really Playing Politics with Pensions? Legislation is being floated in Albany under the guise of ending politics in pensions. Stan Winter, President of the Retired Public Employees Association (RPEA), points out that the action proposed will have the absolute reverse effect and threatens the long-term stability of the system . . . more How Economists Are Missing Another One Paul Krugman explained, in “How Did Economists Get It So Wrong” (The New York Times Magazine, September 6, 2009) how economists’ oversimplifying assumptions and models led to the present crisis by hiding important realities of the financial system and the real economy. He also described differences between the “salt water” economists at universities along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the “fresh water” economists of the Middle West, particularly the University of Chicago . . . more Click here to view more Reports & Studies Click here to view more Perspective Pieces Would you like to submit an article to be published on Public Pensions Online? If so, let us know!

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