TED Conversations

Evgeniy Drozhin

This conversation is closed. Start a new conversation
or join one »

Countries with ageing population should have a retirement age of 70.

Nowadays it's really relevant to talk about such reforms.

Topics: Retirement age economic economics future global shock global global affairs
0
Share:

Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.

  • thumb

    Jedrek Stepien 10+

    • +1
    Feb 7 2013: There is a need of a fundamental transformation of the pension systems as we know them. Mere raising of the retirement age is just posponing the inevitable. What needs to be done is a reform that will make the system sustainable. Pension systems - whether people like it or not - need to be based primarily on individual savings in order to be sustainable. Such system requires responsibility from the people which is, however, hard to come by these days.

Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.