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The association of getting older with decline runs deep. To carry on with work — or anything more demanding than an afternoon lecture, a movie and an early dinner — during the traditional retirement years seems cute at best and depressing at worst.

Forty percent of Americans age 18 to 49 believe that the reluctance of older Americans to retire is 

Here's the thing: Not only are older workers sticking around, they are also helping to 

MPR News' Chris Farrell, filling in for MPR News host Kerri Miller, spoke with journalist 

 and executive director of the Life Course Center at the University of Minnesota, 

, about rethinking and re-imagining work and age. 

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Many economists and millennials believe older workers are hurting the job market and killing the economy, but research suggests they're stimulating it. MPR News' Chris Farrell filled in for MPR News host Kerri Miller.

Many economists and millennials believe older workers are hurting the job market and killing the economy, but research suggests they're stimulating it. MPR News' Chris Farrell fills in for MPR News host Kerri Miller.

Older workers aren't hurting the economy, they're stimulating it

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