Tag: life expectancy

harbour in Copenhagen with typical colorful houses and boats with national flag of Denmark

We, too, should restore balance to our system, but inequality precludes an across-the-board increase. Denmark recently raised its retirement age to 70 for Danes born in 1971 or later.  Should we do the same thing?  The answer is two-fold.  On the one hand, Congress should enact legislation to restore balance to our Social Security system,…

Two miniature men walking toward a stack of coins of different heights

New data show strong relationship between earnings and life expectancy. As part of its review of a recent proposal, the Social Security actuaries provided another contribution to the extensive body of evidence showing that life expectancy is positively related to income and that the gap between those at the top and the bottom of t…