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		codethief 85 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 Should we? As life expectancy increases, wouldn't it make more sense for people to work a bit longer, so as to keep the costs of retirement the same?

LunaSea 85 days ago [–]

Life expectancy increases 5 years and pension age is increased by 10.

codethief 85 days ago | [–]

What? Already 100 years ago the retirement age in many countries was at around 65 years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age

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