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Is 75 the new 65? Wealthy countries need to rethink what it means to be old

  • Written by Warren Sanderson, Professor of Economics, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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In 1950, men and women at age 65 could expect to live about 11 years more on average.

Today, that number has gone up to 17, and the United Nations forecasts that it will increase by about five more years by the end of the century.

One consequence of the increase in life expectancy is that...

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