STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more
Mary Pat CampbellPublic finance, pensions, mortality trends from the perspective of Meep (Mary Pat Campbell), a life-annuity actuary. Less frequent topics: data visualization, actuarial politics, literature, opera, and sumo.
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Social Security: Every Day It's A-Gettin' Closer...
I’m referring to the Social Security Trust Fund running out of its cash balance, of course.
The Social Security Trustees Annual Report came out as it always does each year (some months back), so everybody is doing their “Oh noes, this thin...
The Week in Meep: You Never Know Where I’ll Show Up....
Heck, I surprise myself.
Stuff You Missed in History Class
If you listen to the end of this episode….
https://omny.fm/shows/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class/six-impossible-episodes-back-to-court: Six Impossible Episodes: Back-to-Court...
Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine
25 years ago, I was 27 and stuck in Queens all day. I wrote about it here.
I like Requiems. So that’s what I’m posting today.
[Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine = Grant them eternal rest, O Lord]
Mozart Requiem
The Funeral of Presiden...
2026 World Suicide Prevention Day
Hey guys… the warning is in the post title. This is not going to be a “fun” post.
Here, have a piece of art:
Le Suicide, from "Les Artistes Contemporains", 1846, Lithographer Eugène Leroux reproducing a painting by Alexandre-Gabriel Decam...
International Overdose Awareness Day 2026: the Geography of Drug OD Deaths in the U.S.
I’m a day late, but yesterday, August 31, was International Overdose Awareness Day:
31 Aug 2026, Press Release from NY Governor: On International Overdose Awareness Day, Governor Hochul Highlights Major Decline in Overdose Deaths Across Ne...
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