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Following the global financial crisis troubled retirement systems around the world face new challenges that may result in sharply reduced income for retirees -- as well as the possibility that younger workers will need to work much longer according to Wharton insurance and risk management professor Olivia Mitchell. In a recent paper titled ”Implications of the Financial Crisis for Long Run Retirement Security ” Mitchell argues that current and future generations must ”build new frameworks [with] public and private partnerships to better educate people about the risks they face to help them work longer ... and to better regulate products and markets for an aging world.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.