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UNINA9910694196603321 |
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Network neutrality : competition, innovation, and nondiscriminatory access : hearing before the Task Force on Telecom and Antitrust on of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, April 25, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 176 p.) : ill |
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Network neutrality - United States |
Internet - Access control - Government policy - United States |
Internet service providers - Law and legislation - United States |
Broadband communication systems - Standards - United States |
Telecommunication policy - United States |
Competition - Government policy - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910956746303321 |
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Autore |
Munnell Alicia Haydock |
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Titolo |
State and local pensions : what now? / / Alicia H. Munnell |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-8157-4519-2 |
1-283-57925-1 |
9786613891709 |
0-8157-2413-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Local officials and employees - Pensions - Law and legislation - United States |
Local officials and employees - Pensions - United States |
State governments - Officials and employees - Pensions - Law and legislation - United States |
State governments - Officials and employees - Pensions - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Inside Flap; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; State and Local Pensions: From the 1970's to Today; The Discount Rate and Other Accounting and Funding Issues; Why Are Some Plans in Trouble and Others Not?; Are Public Plans Budget Busters?; Are Public Employees Overpaid or Underpaid?; Do Defined Contribution Plans Have a Role in the Public Sector?; Making State and Local Pensions Better; References; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue. Elected officials, academic experts, and the media alike have pointed to funding shortfalls with alarm, expressing concern that pension promises are unsustainable or will squeeze out other pressing government priorities. A few local governments have even filed for bankruptcy, with pensions cited as a major cause. Alicia H. Munnell draws on both her practical experience and her research to provide |
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abroad perspective on the challenge of state a... |
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