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Archive for April 5th, 2010

economy

The pending crisis for public pensions

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Hour 1
There's a crisis brewing over public pensions – those retirement funds promised to government employees like teachers, policemen, firemen and state workers. In most states, including Pennsylvania, there simply may not be enough money in the till to pay these retirees what they’ve been promised. According to a recent study published by the Pew Center on the States, some of it has to do with the recession and investment losses, but most of it is the fault of policy decisions that resulted in severe under-funding of pension plans. Harrisburg AP reporter MARK SCOLFORO and KIL HUH, author of the Pew Center report who will put it all into a national context.

Filed under: economy |

politics,social issues

How America will look like by 2050

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Hour 2
America's future is bright, according to our guest writer and researcher JOEL KOTKIN. He says that from in the next fifty years, the U.S. will add another 100 million people to its population and with that growth will come a host of economic and social benefits. Kotkin's newest book is "The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050."

Filed under: politics, social issues |

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