Senior Citizens Are Dying Poor, Hold On To Your Savings

By Fast Company Staff

Illustration by David Cowles

Retiring comfortably is no longer something we can count on. It’s not new information, but a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research really puts it into perspective:

More than 46% of senior citizens in the U.S. die with less than $10,000 in financial assets.

A version of this article appears in the November 2012 issue of Fast Company.