> But the new urban factory jobs were completely different. “These were often debilitating, strenuous occupations,” Sutch says. “People couldn't work in their o

> But the new urban factory jobs were completely different. “These were often debilitating, strenuous occupations,” Sutch says. “People couldn't work in their old age.” Isn't the problem with post-industrial societies that many office workers are capable of working for much longer? While life expectancy is definitely going up, it's growing unequally, with the highest wage-earners (and thus most likely to have office jobs) gaining life expectancy the fastest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/21/why-rich-guys-want-to-raise-the-retirement-age/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/21/wh...