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When Danes realize just how steep the rise in the retirement age will be in the future, they will revolt. We need to make the increase fairer, say three prominent figures in the Danish economic establishment.

Experts warn politicians: In reality, our prosperity rests on a colossal injustice

Three heavyweights from Denmark’s financial world, from left: Henrik Ramlau-Hansen, former top executive at Danica Pension; Jesper Rangvid, professor at Copenhagen Business School; and Per Bremer Rasmussen, former top executive at Insurance & Pension, have a proposal for how the next government should correct a vast injustice in Denmark’s pension system. Foto: Jens Dresling
Three heavyweights from Denmark’s financial world, from left: Henrik Ramlau-Hansen, former top executive at Danica Pension; Jesper Rangvid, professor at Copenhagen Business School; and Per Bremer Rasmussen, former top executive at Insurance & Pension, have a proposal for how the next government should correct a vast injustice in Denmark’s pension system. Foto: Jens Dresling
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»På et eller andet tidspunkt vil folk jo indse, at det er for sindssygt«, siger Jesper Rangvid.

Usædvanlig store ord fra CBS-professoren, der ellers er kendt for sin stilfærdige måde at kommunikere om finanskrise og rentefald. Men han mener det virkelig: Det er uretfærdigt, at danskernes pensionsalder stiger med et år, hver gang deres forventede levealder vokser med et år.

Og Rangvid er ikke alene.

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