Michael Tomasky: The retirement age

There's a big debate coming in the states, like the one going on across the Eurozone, about the retirement age. Right now in the US it's 65, and life expectancy is just above 78.

Life expectancy being quite higher than it was when the retirement age of 65 was settled on - that was the 30s, and life expectancy was around 70 - it seems reasonable to me that we should look at this. Most people in the creative classes work beyond 65 anyway. Of course matters are different if you pluck chickens or ...