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The Financialization of U.S. Public Pensions, 1945-1974 | Dr. Sean Vanatta | University of Michigan Law School

State and local pensions used to invest in public infrastructure—building roads, bridges, sewers, and schools. Now public pensions bankroll hedge funds, private equity firms, and crypto platforms. What happened? In this lunchtime talk, Dr. Sean Vanatta (University of Glasgow) will explain how private asset managers, elite lawyers, and state pension trustees rewrote the rules governing pension investments in the 1950s, shifting pension investment authority from government officials to Wall Street bankers and prefiguring the late twentieth century’s larger turn from public welfare to private finance. Co-Sponsors: Consumer Advocacy and Financial Regulation Organization, Michigan Journal of Law and Society, Michigan Law and Political Economy, Business Law Lunch, and the Rackham Interdi

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Karen Tani on Twitter

“Now on SSRN: my almost-finalized article on the “Section 504 trainings” (“After 504: Training the Citizen-Enforcers of Disability Rights”). 🧵 on writing the piece & why I hope you’ll help me spread the word about this history. https://t.co/DAuMatlp01 #Dishist #LegalHistory (1/x)”

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“Join us in giving a HUGE round of applause to @UMichLaw’s very own Prof. @rosesomm, whose research on the psychology of compliance was cited by a dissent written by Justice Goodwin Liu of the CA Supreme Court!!! 👏👏👏”

Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains? — NAGPRA Database

Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.