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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Public Pension Problems: a Tale of Two Cities in Rhode Island

Updated: March 11 2011,
Author: barrel fan
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Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Development, Government Failures/Public-Choice Analysis, Public-Choice Analysis, Roles of Government
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As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of economic news, business correspondent Paul Solman visits two Rhode Island cities struggling to honor pension pledges to retired public workers.