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Should the U.S. have a mandatory retirement age?

NPR | By Sarah Gonzalez
Published August 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM EDT

Older workers are delaying retirement more and more. But it's causing younger workers to wonder if they're missing out on job advancement because senior roles aren't opening up. Is this true?

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Sarah Gonzalez is a co-host and reporter with Planet Money, NPR's award-winning podcast that finds creative, entertaining ways to make sense of the big, complicated forces that move our economy.
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