A 30-Year Retirement Requires Income, Not Just Savings
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Karen Andres, Allison Schrager, Jaime Magyera, Thasunda Duckett and Ida Rademacher framed longer lifespans as an affordability problem for a retirement system still built around shorter lives, uneven workplace access and account balances rather than dependable income. Their central argument was that a 100-year life requires more than urging households to save more: plans must start earlier, use automatic defaults, preserve liquidity, widen access and embed guaranteed income before retirement.
The Aspen Institute·Jun 30, 2026·19 min read
