Retirement
Germany was the first country to provide workers with a comprehensive plan for social security. There, in 1881, Germany's imperial chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck, announced his plan t...
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Retirement
Retirement is primarily a twentieth-century phenomenon that developed through a convergence of public and private employment policies, a restructuring of the life span relative to work acti...
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Retirement
Timeline
1790–1879 ∼ Recognizing the Need for Retirement
State legislatures introduced policies of mandatory retirement for some public officials between 1790 and 1820 / Busi...
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Retirement in the early part of the century was not an option for most individuals. Aging people in their fifty's and beyond had to continue in the workforce to suffice, unless they were among wealt...
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Retirement
Retirement
Retirement
