Makes the case that it could ultimately be a good thing that many older workers will work beyond normal retirement age due to financial vagaries. The assessment is well supported here, mostly by comparing today's workforce conditions to past retirement waves and examining what a body of workers 55 and over contributes to the economy.

Informative article about the likelihood that older workers will have to delay retirement due to the economic crisis. This short report presents good factual evidence from multiple, credible sources, and provides useful context on how this growing issue might play out in coming years.

This piece takes a longer term view than that presented in the linked WSJ story "With Jobs Scarce, Age Becomes an Issue". Like the other articles in this series, it mostly paints a rosey picture of the effects on the economy of Boomers working well into retirement. Gandel uses historical data to back up his future projections, and does include some expert opinion.

Gandel writes like every disaster has only a silver lining, and anything else can be ignored. No evaluation is given of the effect upon the health and happiness of workers, especially of fearful superannuated workers.