By:
Gene Perry
October 18, 2013 // Updated: October 18, 2013
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By:
Gene Perry
October 17, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Blog Posts and Fact Sheets
OK Policy Blog Post: Moving new employees into 401(k)s would endanger existing pensions, increase costs to taxpayers (February 2014)
OK Policy Blog Post: The pension crisis is over (Oct. 2013)
Fact Sheet: Oklahoma Teachers Retirement…
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Oklahoma Policy Institute is very pleased to announce the selection of five Oklahoma graduate students as the first class of OK Policy Research Fellows.
The 2013-14 Research Fellows are:…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 16, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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Oklahoma’s students show up at school bringing diverse skills and backgrounds. Some have supportive parents who read to them every night; others are still learning English. Some are provided with the best tutors; others don’t have enough to eat at home. Oklahoma has a duty to teach all of these children. This report recommends action items for Oklahoma to better fulfill that duty...
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By:
Gene Perry
October 15, 2013 // Updated: October 15, 2013
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By:
David Blatt
October 14, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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The Oklahoma chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network is excited to be co-sponsoring two upcoming events.
On Wednesday, November 13th, Oklahoma SSN and the OU Economics Club will host a public forum, “Nurturing Local Economic Growth: What can we learn…
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By:
David Blatt
October 10, 2013 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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Oklahoma’s seven public pension systems have a combined unfunded liability of $11.6 billion as of June 30, 2012. This large number alone is often put forward to make the case for doing away with traditional defined benefit pensions for state…
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