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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Unfortunate situation in academia that exits far too often. I am pleased that student complained and took on this issue.
Twenty years ago my son took a statistics course at university. He struggled in the class. Why? The instructor spoke English with a very heavy accent, making it almost impossible to understand him.
Li Zhang apparently has a good command of written English. Can she effectively communicate verbally with her students, or do they struggle to understand what she says? Could that be the source of negative evaluations, and not imagined bigotry? Is it racist and sexist for students to expect professors to speak English intelligibly?
So.. does this “ professor “ actually teach anything or sit around wringing her hands about what students think of her? Psst..Li if you feel like people are taking about you, they probably are. Sleep tight.