I'm not sure that sabbaticals solves the problem, though. The problem, I think, being that people are retiring at the same age but living longer and expecting

I'm not sure that sabbaticals solves the problem, though. The problem, I think, being that people are retiring at the same age but living longer and expecting better, more expensive, health care. Somehow that needs to be paid for. If there's an economic equivalence between the sabbatical I take now versus the extra time I work later (5% interest is assumed in the article), then there's no overall increase in value, is there? I think the benefits of growth are still too biased towards people who already have money. The poor might not be getting poorer, but they're wealth isn't growing at nearly the rate of the rich. Somehow that needs to be evened out so that even the working class see more improvement in their lifestyle in a more natural way.