From TIME
''No sooner had the Chicago teachers’ strike been settled than a new
crisis emerged last week in the Windy City. The Chicago Teachers’
Pension Fund was reported to be on the brink of collapse. That
fund is not alone. Although the troubles that plague the Social
Security system get the most attention, similar dangers now threaten
many other kinds of retirement funds. Some plans are being inadequately
funded, some have earned unexpectedly low returns, and some suffer from a
Baby Boom bulge in the number of retirees. Moreover, the problems
facing these funds will in many cases be harder to fix than those for
Social Security. And the scale of the total potential shortfall is
immense.''
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