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Why do the 'working retired' keep working?(Great Expectations)

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From: Mississippi Business Journal
Date: 20040628
Author:King, Archie

Retirement is a rather recent phenomenon, in terms of history.

Upton Sinclair's, "The Jungle," published just after the turn of the 20th century, paints a vivid picture of the immigrant industrial workers at that time. Workers received a subsistence level of pay at poverty levels beyond our comprehension. The life expectancy of men was 49 years. When workers became maimed, sick or too old to be productive, they were dismissed and their fate left to their families. Many died for lack of adequate food, clothing and shelter.

The elderly in agricultural societies fared a ...

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