Questions guiding my current research include:
- The connection between public pensions and state insolvency
- Transparency in 401 (k) programs and the fees, commissions and costs associated with actively managed mutual funds for participants
- 401(k) participant knowledge and understanding of the real costs of their retirement plans
- The idea of a universal 401(k) plan administered by not-for-profit investment companies, featuring passive investment styles, index-based investing and an emphasis on low costs
- Mutual fund advertising that seeks to exploit investor fear in the midst of economic gloom
- The rise of a literary cannon of anti actively managed mutual funds and its impact on US investors
- The impact of the mutual fund industry lobby on members of Congress
