yeah, so that s a great place to start. let s talk a little bit about where does this whole kind of working longer framework come from? what is this idea? so americans are living longer lives than they were 50 years ago? that s true in most nations around the world. most nations are getting older people who are living longer are going to need income from more years of life. and so the question is, where is that income going to come from? where is that money going to come from? and as different nations have grappled with this. the big solution that s come up is that people should just keep working. they should delay and work longer. and that s really become an orthodoxy. so it has a lot of advantages on the face of it. know, it looks logical, it looks logical because americans are living longer lives. they re on average, healthier, as well as, living longer jobs are on average age, less physically demanding than they were, say, 50 years ago. and people have more education than
the working longer conversation. yeah, so that s a great place to start. let s talk a little bit about where does this whole kind of working longer framework come from? what is this idea? so americans are living longer lives than they were 50 years ago? that s true in most nations around the world. most nations are getting older people who are living longer are going to need income from more years of life. and so the question is, where is that income going to come from? where is that money going to come from? and as different nations have grappled with this. the big solution that s come up is that people should just keep working. they should delay and work longer. and that s really become an orthodoxy. so it has a lot of advantages on the face of it. know, it looks logical, it looks logical because americans are living longer lives. they re on average, healthier, as well as, living longer jobs are on average age, less physically demanding than they were, say, 50 years ago. an
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