There is a lot of good background information in the report by James Brooks republished below from the Alaska Beacon about an inherent problem within the Alaska Permanent Fund—the antiquated structure set up by a 1976 constitutional amendment that envisioned an interest-bearing savings account with predictable and guaranteed returns.
The Alaska Constitution requires a split between an unspendable principal and earnings, a theoretical division that doesn’t match the diverse mix of worldwide investments today.
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