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Wall Street wants boomers to work longer. But nobody wants to hire them.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's solution to the retirement crisis is for everyone to work into their 70s…
Ann C. Logue
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Meet the 'disconnected youth': A growing group of Gen Zers who aren't working or going to school
A growing group of Gen Zers aren't working or going to school.
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey…
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Why so many men in the US have stopped working
Men aren't working at the same rate they did in decades past. We asked two economists to help us fi…
Jacob Zinkula,Andy Kiersz
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A retired baby boomer who still needs to work to get by thinks Social Security should be seen as a right in the US
Linda, 64, is retired. But that doesn't mean she's done working.
Juliana Kaplan
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Solving the looming retirement crisis means thinking differently about aging, economist says
Improved longevity means the world is facing a retirement crisis. Flexible work and a focus on sust…
George Glover
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China's working population will shrink in the coming decades and keep the nation's economy from surpassing America's, research firm says
One study says that, by the 2050s, China could be losing an average of 12 million working-age adult…
Phil Rosen
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Japanese govt to launch official dating app to help citizens find love and save the country; do these platforms even work?
Japan's marriage rate has fallen to an all-time low, with the country’s Health Ministry reporting a…
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China is in the middle of its own retirement crisis as many older people cannot afford to stop working
China is expecting 300 million people to reach retirement age in the next 10 years, close to the si…
Jennifer Sor
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Can you guess which generation works the hardest? It is the GenXers who stretch themselves at work not millennials
They’re neither millennials nor Boomers. In fact, the generation that’s now over 50 is so ignored t…
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A boomer gets just $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver: 'I don't see myself being able to retire, but I'm grateful and healthy'
Emma Echols, 68, gets $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver, worrying she can…
Noah Sheidlower
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India overtakes China to become most populous country: UN report
India has overtaken China to become the most populous country in the world, suggests data from a ne…
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Between 1930 and 1970, around one third of all women in Puerto Rico were sterilized to address concerns of 'surplus population'
After Puerto Rico became a US colony in 1898, the federal and local governments pushed sterilizatio…
DeArbea Walker
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Young India will turn into rapidly ageing society in coming decades: UNFPA
Elderly population in India is expanding at an unprecedented rate and could surpass the children's…
PTI
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I'm a 24-year-old who lives in Medora, North Dakota, which has a population of less than 150 people. We don't have a grocery store in town but we do have the Northern Lights.
Madi Lee, 24, lives and works in Medora, North Dakota, which has a year-round population of less th…
Erin Snodgrass
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India is now the most populous country in the world: Here are the others in the Top 10
India has overtaken China to become the most populous country in the world, as per the State of Wor…
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A 90-year-old McDonald's employee in Japan swears working is the key to her health, and she doesn't plan to stop before age 100
"I have never missed a shift due to illness. Coming to work and talking with young people keeps me …
Kai Xiang Teo
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The number of young working men without college degrees has tanked in the last 30 years. It could be because their wages have barely budged.
A growing number of young men without a college degree in the US have stopped working, according to…
Ayelet Sheffey,Jacob Zinkula,…
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People reversed their biological age by almost 3 years on a diet that mimics fasting in a study. Here's what they ate.
Participants followed the fasting-mimicking diet for five days and ate normally for the rest of the…
Kim Schewitz
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4 things a doctor who's written best-selling books about aging does daily in the hope of living longer
Lifestyle choices are the biggest factor in how long we'll live, a longevity doctor said. He eats a…
Kim Schewitz
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Just over half of Americans over the age of 65 are earning under $30,000 a year, and it shows how stark the retirement crisis is
Many American seniors are already living in poverty, and it's poised to only potentially get worse.