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Not Your Grandfather’s Bank Branch

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Not Your Grandfather’s Bank Branch

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 11/11/2022

What should financial services do? And how should they look like going forward as they try to serve more people? Some presenters are the recent…

Innovation

CEI Presents the 2020 Julian L. Simon Award to Dr. Steven Horwitz

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CEI Presents the 2020 Julian L. Simon Award to Dr. Steven Horwitz

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 10/01/2020

On September 30, the Competitive Enterprise Institute presented its 2020 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award to Dr. Steven Horwitz, Director of the Institute for the…

Capitalism

Negative Interest Rates’ Impact on Public Pensions

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Negative Interest Rates’ Impact on Public Pensions

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 11/27/2019

One of the main responsibilities of pension fund managers is to work to maximize investment returns in order to grow the plan’s assets and thus…

Business and Government

How Accounting Reform Can Help Address Public Pension Underfunding

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How Accounting Reform Can Help Address Public Pension Underfunding

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 08/27/2019

By deferring compensation, in the form of pensions, and pushing those costs well into the future, politicians can gain favor with government employee unions, which…

Labor and Employment

Sealand, from Pirate Radio to Seasteading

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Sealand, from Pirate Radio to Seasteading

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 08/21/2019

Setting up a sovereign free territory has long been a dream of libertarian mavericks, from the ill-fated Republic of Minerva to the nascent Free Republic…

Business and Government

Underfunded Public Pensions Put Future Taxpayers on the Hook

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Underfunded Public Pensions Put Future Taxpayers on the Hook

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 08/09/2019

One of the most well-known and enduring lessons of public choice economics is the dynamic of concentrated benefits and diffuse costs. Well-organized groups have both…

Labor and Employment

How Julian Simon Defeats Thanos

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How Julian Simon Defeats Thanos

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 04/26/2019

“The universe is finite, its resources finite. If life is left unchecked, life will cease to exist.” With those simple words, the Marvel supervillain Thanos…

Business and Government

California Supreme Court Upholds Pension Reform, Punts on ‘California Rule’

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California Supreme Court Upholds Pension Reform, Punts on ‘California Rule’

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 03/07/2019

On Monday, March 4, the California Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, upheld a major provision in the state’s 2012 pension reform legislation, but punted…

Government Unions

Pension Obligation Bonds No Panacea for State Budget Liabilities

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Pension Obligation Bonds No Panacea for State Budget Liabilities

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 02/27/2019

Illinois has a new governor and Chicago will soon have a new mayor—and the same old underfunded public pensions. Inheriting a predecessor’s debts is never…

Labor and Employment

Warren Buffett Warns about Unfunded Public Pension Liabilities—Again

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Warren Buffett Warns about Unfunded Public Pension Liabilities—Again

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 02/27/2019

Would you invest in a state with large unfunded pension liabilities? Warren Buffett likely wouldn’t. In a long interview with CNBC this week, the famed…

Labor and Employment

Real-World Effects of Pension Debt

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Real-World Effects of Pension Debt

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 02/21/2019

Debates over public pension finance often have an abstract quality, taking place outside most people’s immediate concerns. Yet, the real-world effects can be quite tangible.

Labor and Employment

A Toast to the Sears Catalog

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A Toast to the Sears Catalog

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 10/18/2018

In retail, as in every industry, eras come and go. Few recent events mark the passing of an era like the announced bankruptcy of…

Business and Government

Wishful Thinking Is No Way to Address Public Pension Shortfalls

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Wishful Thinking Is No Way to Address Public Pension Shortfalls

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 05/22/2018

More state revenue but less money for public services? That’s the situation in which states with large unfunded pension obligations can find themselves if they…

Labor and Employment

Could Janus Ruling Open the Door to Pension Reform?

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Could Janus Ruling Open the Door to Pension Reform?

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 02/27/2018

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in case Janus v. AFSCME, which could significantly impact unions representing government employees. A ruling in…

Government Unions

In Illinois, Public Pension Funding Cannot Keep up with Pension Benefits’ Growth

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In Illinois, Public Pension Funding Cannot Keep up with Pension Benefits’ Growth

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 02/06/2018

Public pension shortfalls result from too little money being paid into the pension funds. Or so government employee unions and their political allies would have…

Labor and Employment

End of ‘California Rule’ Can Open Path for Pension Reform

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End of ‘California Rule’ Can Open Path for Pension Reform

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 01/16/2018

Ending the 'California Rule' won’t mean that pension reform will become easy—union opposition will remain as fierce as today—but it’s a needed start.

Labor and Employment

The Dangerous Posturing of New York’s Fossil Fuel Pension Divestment

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The Dangerous Posturing of New York’s Fossil Fuel Pension Divestment

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 01/11/2018

New Yorkers should be wary of Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to divest fossil fuel energy stocks from the city's public employee pension plan.

Climate

Pension Bailout Bill Would Put Taxpayers on the Hook for Billions

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Pension Bailout Bill Would Put Taxpayers on the Hook for Billions

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 12/18/2017

Policymakers can help underfunded pension plans meet their payout obligations without bailouts.

Labor and Employment

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Pension Liabilities Bite in the Present, Too

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 10/11/2017

Politicians should close underfunded public employee pension funds to new enrollees and offer new hires other options, such as defined contribution or hybrid plans.

Labor and Employment

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Missouri’s $5 Billion State Pension Underfunding Shows Results of Faulty Accounting

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 09/14/2017

Government pension managers should calculate the state contribution using a more realistic rate-of-return estimate.

Labor and Employment

Let Private Markets Finance Aircraft Sales

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Let Private Markets Finance Aircraft Sales

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 06/07/2017

There is no good reason to keep the Export-Import Bank —or its international brethren—around.

Banking and Finance

Center for American Progress’ Make-Work Scheme Needs Details

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Center for American Progress’ Make-Work Scheme Needs Details

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 05/19/2017

A debate over income inequality and job growth is worth having.

Business and Government

The Community Reinvestment Act’s Absurd Unintended Consequences

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The Community Reinvestment Act’s Absurd Unintended Consequences

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 05/19/2017

Many neighborhoods designated as poor under the federal Community Reinvestment Act are among the wealthiest in the nation.

Banking and Finance

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Unfunded Public Pension Obligations Grow to $5.6 Trillion

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 10/19/2016

State public pension plans are underfunded by nearly $5.6 trillion nationwide, according to a new American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) study.

Government Unions

RIP Reed Larson

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RIP Reed Larson

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 09/20/2016

Don’t have to pay union dues? You can probably thank Reed Larson.

Labor and Employment

For Affordable Housing, Ditch Prevailing Wage Laws

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For Affordable Housing, Ditch Prevailing Wage Laws

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 08/29/2016

For residents of some of the nation’s major cities, it’s hardly news that housing costs are high, with little likelihood of their coming down any…

Labor and Employment

Judge Halts Labor Department Persuader Rule for Now

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Judge Halts Labor Department Persuader Rule for Now

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 06/28/2016

A federal judge in Texas yesterday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing its “persuader rule,”…

Labor and Employment

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Unions and Environmentalists Oppose Plan to Address California’s Rising Housing Costs

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 05/25/2016

Everyone’s for affordable housing—except, it seems, some unions and environmentalists. On May 18, a coalition of unions and environmental advocacy groups—including the State Building &…

Energy and Environment

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Labor Department’s “Persuader Rule” Gives Unfair Advantage to Unions

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 04/22/2016

The Department of Labor’s “persuader rule,” which is set to go into effect on Monday, April 25, will give unions a new tool to…

Labor and Employment

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California Court’s Indefensible Defense of Dysfunctional Education Policies

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 04/15/2016

A California appeals court yesterday restored a series of education policies that harm students by making ineffective teachers extremely difficult to fire. The court…

Government Unions

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