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Is it widely agreed that (barring massive productivity improvements or changes to the birth rate) the current retirement age and quality of life is not sustaina

• andyferris 3y ago
  I suspect it is sustainable if birth rates and age demographics were level (in steady state). That said, societies with aging populations might have trouble keeping up economically. (There's also a lot of factors around immigration/emigration here). In the west, the biggest policy burden on young people seems (to me) to be whatever is causing ever-spiralling housing costs (which also effects retirees who aren't home owners, too).
• drewcoo 3y ago
  1. That is not a question. 2. Yes, there is a burden. But why should it be borne by young people instead of the wealthy? (That's a question.) Their wealth increased greatly on the backs of the workers who'd like to retire. (A statement.)