Navigating Early Retirement with FIRE

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This chapter delves into the journey of achieving early retirement through the FIRE method, sharing personal stories of frugality and strategic savings. It examines the emotional and social challenges faced, particularly for marginalized communities, while also critiquing the accessibility of financial independence in today's society.

Have you decided when you'd like to retire? Will it be your choice, or is there a set age in your country or profession?

More than a million people took part in protests in France last year when the government proposed an increase to the retirement age without a vote.

Age has also played a big factor in the replacement of Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate.

So is a fixed retirement age a good idea – or workplace outdated? Should it be more fluid – a matter of personal choice?

Presenter: David Harper Producer: Victoria Hastings

(Image: Two women holding up placards that read, '64years it's no' march during a nation wide strike called for by French trade unions, in Rennes, northwest France on January 19, 2023. Credit: Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images)