One of our most distinguished economists, Sir Alan Peacock, also
happens to be a nonagenarian. As an academic and former civil
servant, Peacock is well-situated to analyse the costs and benefits
of retirement and the courses of action that we can take in
anticipation of a lengthening lifespan. In trying to make sense of
old age by writing of his later life and memoirs, he explores the
Maxims of Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, and views life's later
stages and travails with a wry and clear-eyed detachment. Unafraid
to grasp the realities of the decline of physical independence, he
steers us through medical practice, bureaucracy and "healthspeak"
as well as loss and bereavement. His often light-hearted anecdotes
reveal a serious point; that the ageing are assuming a growing
responsibility for the aged. Opting to defy decrepitude seems the
only sensible course of action.
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