Feb 08 Watch Cities in financial straits weigh bankruptcy By PBS News Hour A wave of bankruptcies is moving across the country as cities try to manage crushing debt from pension obligations. NewsHour Weekend reports from Vallejo, Calif., with a cautionary tale for cities that are looking to bankruptcy as the solution. Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Should lawmakers repeal cuts to military pensions? When Congress reached a budget deal to fund the federal government, one of the controversial items they agreed to was a cut in military pensions. But does this break a promise to those who have served? Jeffrey Brown gets perspective… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Wednesday, December 4, 2013 PBS NewsHour for Wednesday, December 4, 2013… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Sunday, December 1, 2013 By PBS News Hour Passenger train derailment, pension crisis in Illinois, Jeffrey Brown on images of war. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Illinois pensions in peril By PBS News Hour Associated Press reporter Sarah Burnett talks to Hari Sreenivasan about new legislation concerning the state’s pension system and about how it may affect retirees, labor unions and taxpayers in that state and in others. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Sunday, November 10, 2013 By PBS News Hour Dutch pension system, Chinese economy meeting, military children reflect. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Justin Fox on ‘why retirement risks are best shared’ Justin Fox on what aspects of the Dutch pension system might work in the U. S. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Do the Dutch have the pension problem solved? By PBS News Hour As cities and states across the U.S. grapple with their pension programs, we travel to one country — the Netherlands — that seems to have its pension problem solved. Ninety percent of Dutch workers get pensions, and retirees can expect… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch Just how much pension peril are we in? Justin Fox discusses how the U.S. pension system is faring in a global perspective. Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch Mich. Gov., Detroit Emergency Manager Defend ‘Difficult’ Bankruptcy Decision Mich. Gov., Detroit Emergency Manager Discuss 'Difficult' Bankruptcy Decision… Continue watching