Pension Panic
City of Detroit On July 18, Detroit’s $18.5 billion bankruptcy became the largest U.S. bankruptcy ever. (OK, maybe not “ever”–but at least, “so far”.) The Detroit Free Press (“Detroit: Snapshot of a...
View ArticleWhat Can’t Be Paid, Won’t Be Paid—Not Even to Government Pension Funds
According to The New York Times article “In Ruling on California Town’s Bankruptcy, Judge Challenges Security of Pensions”: “A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday upended the widely held belief...
View ArticleLooting for Dollars
A Russian analyst named Dmitry Kalinichenko recently penned a brilliant article entitled “Grandmaster Putin’s Golden Trap”. The original article was written in Russian and subsequently translated into...
View ArticleGrowing Government Insolvency
The Washington Times reports (“Dennis Ross pushes zero-based budgeting for federal government”) that Congress may impose much stricter financial controls on government agencies and bureaucracies....
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