Time to Retire Retirement?

Carl Honoré · 11 Oct 2019

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Our reading
Swapping work for pensioned leisure in our sixties no longer makes sense because we live too long for it.

Their wordsThe old model of swapping work for pensioned leisure in our sixties no longer makes sense. We’re living too long for that.
Our reading
Forced retirement should end so that people can keep doing meaningful work for longer.

Their wordsBut the time has come to make it easier for everyone to carry on doing meaningful work for longer. And a good place to start is by ending the practice of forcing us to retire before we’re good and ready

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