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people who traded a paycheck for a schedule of their own invention.
means someone who has permanently left the workforce, usually after decades of showing up on time for other people.
from from french retirer, to withdraw — originally military, describing troops pulling back from the front line, which tracks.
gold watch myththe tradition mostly died with pensions in the 1980s
peak spendingmany retirees spend most in the first decade, not the last
age driftaverage retirement age keeps creeping upward globally