The Changes in Attitudes Around Retirement

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The notion that there is a single date where everyone comes to a hard stop of work is becoming less and less about. There's no big jump down at state pension age, so people who work before from 50 onwards are still carrying on working. We're not giving people health skills, tackling ageism, and flexible work that is needed to keep people working for longer. I think what we're going to see as life's get longer now is we take more leisure this side of retirement - which may mean we work for longer.

Co-host Janet Bush talks with Andrew J. Scott. Scott is professor of economics at London Business School; his work focuses on the economics of longevity. He's co-founder of the Longevity Forum and a member of the World Economic Forum's Council on Healthy Aging and Longevity, topics that are very much the focus of the McKinsey Health Institute. His book The 100-Year Life has sold more than a million copies in 15 languages. In this podcast, he covers topics including the following: