It’s getting pricier to pay for pensioners

Segments From This Episode

• California communities see increases in pension costs

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  For every dollar the state’s public agencies pay in wages this year, those employers will have to fork over 25 cents on average to CalPERS to cover retiree benefits.

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• The three C’s of historical economic growth

  by Candace Manriquez Wrenn and David Brancaccio

  

  The economic boom of the 19th century cannot be attributed to capitalism alone, according to professor Homa Zarghamee.

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