'Growth v. Austerity' Is Really About Retirement

But thereâ??s an alternative to this bifurcated rhetorical gridlock. If aging populations can break out of traditional roles of dependency to contribute to social and economic life, societies can find the magical balance of growth and what is now called austerity. Sound fantastical? It shouldnâ??t. Itâ??s actually straightforward arithmetic and can be summarized in a 21st-century model of working life that connects to the fact weâ??re regularly living into our 90s.