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The unforeseen consequences of the ‘great aging’ of America
A Yale professor says America is now an ‘oldigarchy’—and Boomers on LinkedIn are enraged
Yale professor Samuel Moyn says “the rich today are old, to an astonishing extent”—and his new book, "Gerontocracy in America," makes the case.
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A Yale professor says America is now an 'oldigarchy'--and Boomers on LinkedIn are enraged
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