"卫报: 美国养老基金正处于崩溃的边缘——而华尔街却忽视了这一点" by David Sirota

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管理数百万美国人退休储蓄的私募股权公司可能正在夸大他们的投资
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本月早些时候,私募股权行业的首选新闻媒体 PitchBook 宣布,“私募股权回报是养老金计划在 2023 年支付退休人员的主要威胁”。
https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2023/feb/02/us-pension-funds-implosion-wall-street-private-equity
如果现在发生减记,这可能意味着当需要出售资产以支付承诺的退休人员福利时,养老基金的可用资金将比私募股权公司让他们相信的要少得多。 届时,将面临三个痛苦的选择:削减退休福利、削减社会计划为福利提供资金,或者提高税收以弥补损失。
(David Sirota is a Guardian US columnist and an award-winning investigative journalist. He is an editor at large at Jacobin, and the founder of The Lever, where this article also appeared. He served as Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign speechwriter) UQ