British ruling elite celebrates falling life expectancy as boon for pension fund deficits - World Socialist Web Site
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Donc, au Royaume-uni, on se réjouit de la baisse de l’espérance de vie parce que ça va rudement bien aider à la réduction du déficit des caisses de retraites (et des fonds de pensions ?)
#brrr... Quel monde.
British ruling elite celebrates falling life expectancy as boon for pension fund deficits
By Jean Shaoul
13 May 2017
A recent article in the Financial Times, noting that life expectancy had begun to fall, particularly among the elderly, was remarkable for its utter indifference to the possible causes and the adverse implications of what is an unprecedented phenomenon in peacetime, in the absence of epidemics or particularly harsh winters.
It is quite extraordinary. For decades after World War II, it was taken as an article of faith that better health care and improved living conditions would mean a continuing fall in mortality. Now people are dying younger and all the newspaper of the financial elite can do is note the likely benefits to the corporations: a reduction in the pensions deficit!