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improvements in diet that have resulted in greater life expectancy for many people
calculating the life expectancies of different social groups
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Fink, 73, has long warned about America’s retirement crisis, with one of his other main arguments being the security system will fail because life expectancy is rising.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Before Social Security, more than three-quarters of men over age 65 were working, in large part because just 5% of workers had a pension, despite life expectancy being just 61 years.
—Kathryn Anne Edwards, Twin Cities, 17 Feb. 2026
The measure of a community’s health is found in its life expectancy.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
The factors that drove it have mostly played out, including Congress raising the Social Security eligibility age by two years, gains in education and life expectancy and fewer employee pensions, said Alicia Munnell, a senior adviser to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
—Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Before Social Security, more than three-quarters of men over age 65 were working, in large part because just 5% of workers had a pension, despite life expectancy being just 61 years.
—Kathryn Anne Edwards, Twin Cities, 17 Feb. 2026
The measure of a community’s health is found in its life expectancy.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
The factors that drove it have mostly played out, including Congress raising the Social Security eligibility age by two years, gains in education and life expectancy and fewer employee pensions, said Alicia Munnell, a senior adviser to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
—Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Life expectancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20expectancy. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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