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COVID-19 Takes State Pensions for a Ride

State pensions typically rely on stock market returns to fund the benefits to retirees, and fall back on taxpayers when stocks are down. What about when taxpayers are also down, in a sense, because of a viral pandemic? AEI’s Andrew Biggs comments.

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Andrew G. Biggs

Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Caleb O. Brown

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, Cato Daily Podcast, Cato Institute