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France has one of the most generous pension systems in the world. But several governments there have collapsed over questions about how the government will fund it. All over the world, aging populations are forcing governments to rethink their assumptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today on the show, what France\u2019s political fiascos teach all of us about the economics of an aging population, and what a retirement expert\u2019s ideal retirement system might look like.<\/p>\n
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