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Opinion: Closing the $1.3 Trillion State Pension Gap

Mar 9th 2010 – 5:10PM
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(March 9) -- Earlier this week, The New York Times documented how state pension plans are putting more money in riskier investments while private companies are moving their pensions to safer climes. As the Times reports, states are "seeking higher returns for their pension funds, to make up for lost ground in the last...

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