4  BIS Review 159/2008  outcome”. This is a rather non ritual language and it sounds pleasantly out of tune with the widespread feeling that protectionism is on the rise again as a result of the crisis.
In such cases a reasonable policy response is to nudge workers in the direction of working longer careers by the simple expedient of moving the EEA up along with the NRA. The next part of the age program is to keep the two ages common across both Social Security and Medicare.