Katie Hood

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592 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 9 Sep

Katie Hood’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Planet Money · Older workers aren’t retiring. Should they be forced to? · 7 Aug 2026 podcast

Sam is very careful to say that of course there are a lot of older workers who would love to retire but can't afford to, right? matched

There are millions of Americans over age 65 that live near or below the poverty line. matched

But he is not talking about those workers, you know, people in blue collar, low-paying, back-breaking jobs. matched

Sam is talking about those who can afford to retire but don't, particularly those in powerful positions like, you know, politics and those in the highest-level, highest paying white-collar jobs. matched

So engineers, lawyers, judges, CEOs, journalists, professors. matched

Sam says academia is actually worst of all as a place where older people, quote, matched

stay on to the detriment of the rest. matched

Is it legal to force millions of workers out of their job because of their age? matched

Nope, sure isn't. matched

Not in most sectors of the US, but matched

It used to be. matched

Not too long ago even. matched

In the 1970s, about half of all jobs in the US came with a non-negotiable expiration date, a date when workers would be forced to leave when they hit a certain age, usually age 65. matched

One of the ideas behind mandatory retirement ages was to help like freshen up the workforce, bring younger workers in with their newer skills. matched

So people like matched

Like Albert Einstein, Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, had to retire. matched

They had to leave their universities because they reached their age of mandatory retirement. matched

This was standard. matched

So people would be like at their job for a decade or two decades or four decades and then they'd be like, Oh, it's your birthday. matched

You're gone. matched

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