Girard Miller

Recent Articles

• Will 2011 Investment Markets Bail Out the Pension Funds?
• Jan 6, 2011
• Wall Street can't relieve budget-strapped public employers.
• 2 Comments

• Labor-Relations Strategies to Cut Benefits Costs
• Dec 16, 2010
• Public managers need a game plan for 2011.
• 5 Comments

• Cutting Health Insurance Costs
• Dec 16, 2010
• The president's new initiative on quality health care deserves support. So does tort reform.
• 3 Comments

• For Pension Funds, a Smarter Application of the 'Risk-Free Discount Rate'
• Dec 2, 2010
• Financial economics should apply to labor relations, not accounting.
• 3 Comments

• Post-Election Retirement Plan Reform
• Dec 2, 2010
• It's not so simple as switching to a 401(k).
• 14 Comments

• 69 Is The New 65
• Nov 17, 2010
• The President's commission faces up to longevity. When will pension funds?
• 17 Comments

• Middle Ground for Social Security and Medicare Reform
• Nov 10, 2010
• Three meaningful reform ideas worth sending to the lame ducks in Congress.
• 3 Comments

• How to Run a Pension Fund -- Without Running It Into the Ground
• Nov 4, 2010
• Government finance officers tell it like it is. Will politicians finally listen?
• 30 Comments

• Bending the Medical-Cost Curve
• Oct 21, 2010
• Health-care reformers say it can be done. Girard Miller doubts it.
• 6 Comments

• Social Security and Medicare Costs Runaway
• Oct 14, 2010
• An actuarial autopilot is necessary if Congress won't bite the bullet to control costs.
• 5 Comments

• A Fresh Look at Dysfunctional Pension Formulas
• Oct 7, 2010
• A team of researchers is rethinking the basis for calculating pensions.
• 5 Comments

• Who Should Pay the Pension Bill?
• Oct 1, 2010
• As states face funding problems, retirees and employees will feel pressure to chip in.
• 8 Comments

• Public Pensions Investing for Less
• Sep 23, 2010
• Many pension funds will cut their investment-return assumptions.
• 2 Comments

• A Ginnie Mae "in Every Pot"
• Sep 22, 2010
• The White House's mortgage relief strategy to enable underwater homeowners to modify their current mortgages on more-favorable terms is too timid.

• "Personal-izing" Social Security
• Sep 15, 2010
• Private accounts can work, but they're not for everyone.
• 3 Comments