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Forget "Retirement."

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Forget "Retirement."

It's high time we had a better idea for our final opportunity.

Don Akchin
May 21, 2022
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Forget "Retirement."

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Retirement, as we have come to know it, dates from the late 19th century. And it is woefully outdated.

The world’s first state-provided pension for disabled and elderly citizens appeared in Germany in 1889, a creation of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. A German citizen could receive a pension at age 70, but there were few re…

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