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Author: Larry Littlefield

Where is Jim Brennan Hiding?

Larry Littlefield | February 22, 2015
It’s approaching midnight for the downstate New York transit system; do you know where Jim Brennan is? Brennan, the...
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Pensions and Infrastructure: The DeBlasio Administation (also) Sells The Future To Advance His Career

Larry Littlefield | February 15, 2015
In an interview with WNYC on his way out the door, former New York City Actuary Robert North, who...
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Pensions: Here Is Some News DeBlasio Snuck Out During The Blizzard

Larry Littlefield | February 1, 2015
In the opposite of a Chuck Schumer Sunday night press conference, the City of New York made this announcement...
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Al Capone on Tax Evasion Rather than Murder

Larry Littlefield | January 25, 2015
When Joe Bruno was convicted I wrote that if Joe Bruno is guilty they all are, and thus because...
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Why The Powerful Will Never Allow New York State’s School Funding Equity Problem to be Solved

Larry Littlefield | January 17, 2015
In 1997, according to education finance data from the U.S. Census Bureau, New York City spent $9,371 per student...
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Reprised — Social Security: What Should They Do

Larry Littlefield | January 14, 2015
This is the last post in a series I wrote back in 2007.berryjam.ru Thus far, I have laid out...
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Reprised — Social Security: What Will They Do To Us Next?

Larry Littlefield | January 12, 2015
As I expected, nothing has been done about the generational betrayal of Social Security. There was even a Republican...
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Reprised — Social Security: The Generational Betrayal

Larry Littlefield | January 10, 2015
Back in 2007 I wrote a series of posts on the future of Social Security on the group Room...
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Uber Uber Alles?

Larry Littlefield | January 5, 2015
Because most of the existing U.S. housing stock is built in the suburban pattern, that is where the majority...
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Falling Wages: It’s Not Just the “Millennials” and It’s Not Just the Business Cycle

Larry Littlefield | December 27, 2014
A recent article in The Atlantic chronicled the diminished economic circumstances of young Americans in the wake of the...
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