Josh McGee, Ph.D

On Financial Planning Friday, Scott Bishop, Executive Vice President of Financial Planning for STA Wealth Management hosts a special edition of the STA Money Hour with guest Dr. Josh McGee Ph.D. Josh McGee is a vice president at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.  McGee is an economist whose work focuses on public pensions and finance and he routinely provides expert testimony and technical assistance on municipal retirement plans like the Houston Police Officers’ Pension System (HPOPS) for the city of Houston.  Scott recently wrote the website article “Houston Pension Reform at Crossroads: How will this Reform Effect Municipal Pensions Like HPOPS for Officers of the HPD?” that referenced Dr. McGee’s work on Texas pension reforms.  On this show, Scott and the Dr. McGee discuss the current state of the Houston Municipal Pensions and the negotiated reforms that the Councilman is leading to reform Houston City Pensions.