The fire movement stands for financial independence, retire early. Is that realistic for average working people or is that just a thing for the super rich? It's not clear to me how feasible it is for most people. We heard from far more people who were dreading the idea of retirement and that they were thinking they would work forever. Some people even said that they figured they would just die before they had the chance.
But somehow it got very scary.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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