…last myth, that of prefunding. When you think about Social Security in terms of a reserve fund whose measure of adequacy is a TF ratio of 100, you have to…

…never matches those assumptions perfectly. That’s why model results can’t be blindly accepted as “the answer” on capital adequacy or anything else for that matter, he said. “Models don’t build…

…into who gets the highest scores or prestige scores, eventhough the test themselves are not designed for individual or even group achievement, but baseline adequacy of the system and meeting…

…society. By asking those with the ability to pay to carry more of the burden, such a system ensures adequacy for all even in times such as ours when there…

…state exchange, stressing that “all plans included in the exchange have to get state and federal regulatory approval for network adequacy.” But will the in-network providers be as good as…

…points, ones that have little or nothing to do with the proper policy approach to Social Security or to the adequacy of the model that produces the specific numbers at…

…more-than-adequacy of this method of government funding, have to be paid, y’know. In the last two weeks, the Washington Post has run a slew of articles on all this. Links…

…and had delusions of adequacy. So those who wonder “WTF does any of this have to do with labor hours?” Well bear with me. Or scroll away. Because much tedium…

…It is reasonably likely that at least some will have to issue new common stock (diluting the old stock) to satisfy capital adequacy requirements. Italian firms actually do this (I…

…the crisis there was a wave of new rules in the financial sector. National bank regulators acting together at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision revised capital adequacy ratios. In…