The big storyRetirement crisisart-4-art/Getty Images; Adobe Firefly; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIWhat was once a natural part of the American dream — retirement — is now a luxury many workers can't afford.
All of that combines to form a growing, and increasingly bleak, American retirement crisis.
Plus, some who do leave work early end up regretting it .
AdvertisementWhile early retirement isn't for everyone, retirement at its most basic level — leaving work after most of our adult lives — should be.
The notion that people who've done everything they were supposed to, and still can't retire, points to major problems in the system at large.
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