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A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States

Robert Louis Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Understanding US public pensions is important for future retirement system reforms. This comprehensive assessment of the development of US public plans covers colonial times to the 20th century.

March 2003 · University of Pennsylvania Press · ISBN 0-8122-3714-5

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Download Table of Contents [46K PDF]
Download Chapter 1: The Evolution of Public Pensions [84K PDF]
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Chapter 2: Pension Economics [373K PDF · login required]
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Chapter 3: The Origins of Western Military Pensions [126K PDF · login required]
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Chapter 4: Establishing the U.S. Navy Pension Plan [134K PDF · login required]
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Chapter 5: Management of the U.S. Navy Pension Fund [169K PDF · login required]
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Chapter 6: Financial Markets and the Management of the Navy Pension Portfolio [334K PDF · login required]
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Chapter 7: The Civil War and the Revival of the Navy Pension Fund [100K PDF · login required]
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Chapter 8: The Development of the U.S. Army Pension Plan [169K PDF · login required]
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Chapter 9: The Birth of the Federal Employees Pension Plan [98K PDF · login required]
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Download Index [153K PDF]

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