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A public sector retirement plan for Millennials

This is republished content originally hosted on the Mercatus’ Center former blog, Neighborhood Effects. According to the Center for Retirement Research, about 52 percent of households are “at risk of not having enough to maintain their living standards in retirement” and that the retirement landscape is making “the outlook for retiring Baby Boomers and Generation Xers farContinue reading “A public sector retirement plan for Millennials”

Eight years after the financial crisis: lessons from the most fiscally distressed cities

This is republished content originally hosted on the Mercatus’ Center former blog, Neighborhood Effects. You’d think that eight years after the financial crisis, cities would have recovered. Instead, declining tax revenues following the economic downturn paired with growing liabilities have slowed recovery. Some cities exacerbated their situations with poor policy choices. Much could be learnedContinue reading “Eight years after the financial crisis: lessons from the most fiscally distressed cities”