Scientists are envisioning a day in the not too distant future when the retirement age might have to move from 65 to 85. It seems that anti-aging drugs are a real possibility. From Red Herring:
But drugs that prevent aging itself are on the distant horizon, and with them could come dramatic social changes, such as much later ages for everything from puberty to retirement, and massive inequality in life expectancy between those who can afford the life-lengthening compounds, and those who can't. These changes, in turn, would have a significant impact on the global economy.
I guess they would! First, the idea generating part of my brain has kicked into high gear thinking about all of the new businesses that would come out of such a change. But then I started to think about all of the deadbeats who can't even manage to save for the longevity we now enjoy. Does that mean we have to fund social security to cover these people for 40, 50 or even 60 years???
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