The Invention of Retirement: Life Before Pensions

How 'retirement' went from a mathematical impossibility for most of human history to an industrial-age promise — from old-age poverty and company pensions to the first pension funds.

Playlist by @pension_fund_history

8 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. RETIREMENT: How Humanity Invented Life After Work | Full Documentary — INVENTED LIFE
2. The Depressing History of Retirement — How Business Worked
3. What Old Age Looked Like Before Retirement Existed — UNBOUND FRONTIER
4. Retirement In America–Where It Came From — David Hoffman
5. The Forgotten Pension System That Existed Before Social Security — Hidden state files
6. The History of the Pension - The Pensions Timebomb (1/8) — OpenLearn from The Open University
7. A Brief History of the Pension Fund — Morebo Group
8. The Invention of Retirement — Why We Stop Working Before We Die — The Visual Philosopher