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California Pension Debt Continues to Grow

Victor R. Fuchs, the Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor Emeritus and SIEPR Senior Fellow presents his second collection of articles on health care reform. These provocative publications, from leading medical journals, present views that will inform and stimulate.  >>To read PDF   In two studies released in December, Stanford Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Joe Nation describes the state's worsening public pension dilemma. 
>>  PENSION MATH: How California’s Retirement Spending is Squeezing The State Budget
- State-wide report released (12-13-11) - Press Release
>> SHRINKING SERVICES: Public Pension Costs and Their Impacts on San Jose - San Jose Report released (12-14-11)  - Press Release

News & Views

Calpers Earned 1.1% Last Year as Stock Holdings Slumped. Cites SIEPR research. Bloomberg Businessweek, January 24, 2012
Keep the electoral college. Cites work of Kenneth Arrow, emeritus professor of economics and operations research.Washington Post, January 23, 2012
Dan Walters: California civil service unions in denial on pension costs. Cites research of Joe Nation, professor of public policy. Sacramento Bee, January 23, 2012
Is It Time For A Wealth Tax? This podcast featuring Ron McKinnon, senior fellow at SIEPR, talks about his Wall Street Journal article along with Douglas Holtz-Eakin in an interview with Tom Ashton of On Point. National Public Radio, January 20, 2012
A's Lease Expires in 2013. Quotes Roger Noll, professor emeritus of economics.Oakland Tribune & Inside Bay Area, January 19, 2012
 

Upcoming Events

February 9, 2012
Fresh Thinking Workshop with Dana Goldman, Vic Fuchs and John Shoven
February 15, 2012
Enrico Moretti will speak to SIEPR Associates about The New Geography of Jobs
March 9, 2012
SIEPR Economic Summit 2012 with keynote Jeffrey R. Immelt Chairman and CEO, GE will also feature Economics Nobel winner, Jim Heckman from the University of Chicago, and John Lipsky Distinguished Visiting Scholar, School for Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC; Former First Deputy Managing Director, IMF and SIEPR Advisory Board Member.
April 4th, 2012
Associates Meeting with Larry Summers and John Taylor
April 26 & 27, 2012
SCID Trade Conference, Future of the WTO

SIEPR Highlights

Student of the Month Ali McKinney
Alexandra (Ali) McKinney is a senior majoring in Public Policy and planning to concentrate in Law and the Legal System. Public Policy courses like Public Policy 106: Economics of Legal Rules and Institutions and Public Policy 104: Economic Policy Analysis introduced Ali to the application of economic concepts to legal and policy issues, topics she hopes to incorporate into her future legal career. One of the highlights of Ali’s undergraduate experience was participating in the Stanford in Washington Program during her junior fall quarter. In Washington, she interned with the Federal Communication Commission’s Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, where she worked mainly on the FCC’s Future of Media report and a merger analysis. Ali also attended the Stanford in Paris Program, and currently serves as a student advisor for the program. On campus, she has been active on the ASSU’s Public Service Team and the Stanford Pre-Law Society. During her summers, Ali worked as a Program and Tournament Coordinator for the United States Tennis Association’s New Hampshire youth program and has served as founder, president, and instructor for a high school guidance department program helping struggling high school students learn skills for academic success. Next year, Ali will be attending law school after having been accepted to her top choice law schools, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. She hopes to pursue legal careers relating to business and economics.

Axel Weber
, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and former president of the Deutsche Bundesbank spoke to the SIEPR Associates about The European Sovereign Debt Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities.