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"The number of people cashing out their pensions — including people who are at retirement age — just to be able to afford to live is staggering." ...

BuzzFeed News’s first few years were a time of global expansion and excitement. This is the era when Stratechery’s Ben Thompson called BuzzFeed “the most important news organization in the world.” But ...