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Sure, if you assume everyone just sits around twiddling their thumbs and going on vacations once they're retired. A large number of people end up continuing to be productive during retirement, but they choose "jobs" based on enjoyment rather than salary. With a free market and a global economy, I fail to see the potential dilemma large numbers of early retirees could cause.

Retirement != not working.

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Shouldn't salary correspond to productivity in a free market, though? So the retirees will work in less productive jobs, on average.

It's an interesting question what it will do to the job market. I suppose it means it becomes pretty much impossible to find a joby that is both enjoyable and pays well because the retirees who don't care for the salary will drive that down.

> Shouldn't salary correspond to productivity in a free market, though?

Ideally, yes. In reality, that's rarely the case, which is why wealth distribution has become such an issue and incomes continue to rise for top earners while falling for those in the middle and bottom tiers.

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