The Great Antidote: Josh Rauh on the Pending Public Pension Crisis
Juliette Sellgren with Josh Rauh
April 1, 2022
April 1, 2022
Joshua D. Rauh is the Ormond Family Professor of Finance at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He formerly served at the White House where he was Principal Chief Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Rauh studies government pension liabilities, corporate investment, business taxation, and investment management.
In this episode, he joins host Juliette Sellgren to talk about his career journey, what public pensions are, the public pension crisis, and more.
And don't miss Christy Lynn's Great Antidote Deep Dive on this episode, where you'll find even more to explore!
Want to explore more?
In this episode, he joins host Juliette Sellgren to talk about his career journey, what public pensions are, the public pension crisis, and more.
And don't miss Christy Lynn's Great Antidote Deep Dive on this episode, where you'll find even more to explore!
Want to explore more?
- Pensions, by Henry McMillan in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
- Listen to Rauh's 2012 EconTalk podcast on pensions
- Adam Smith discusses pensions in Book II, Chapter 2 of the Wealth of Nations
Comments
David E. Melton
What I never hear addressed related to the Kentucky public pension system is enhanced benefits awarded plus those enhancements applied retroactively to every past year of service. And there is the issue of pension spiking. It is rampant among legislators and the use of unused sick leave.