![Farmer Tom Chino plants Yuchoi Sun transplants on his family farm in Rancho Santa Fe, California March 4, 2013. The gravitational pull of Chino Farm is legendary. Since they don't ship, everyone - whether a top chef or a traveling foodie or a local resident - comes to the farm stand, simply called "Vegetable Shop," on a dusty corner of this affluent San Diego County town, hemmed in by sprawling housing estates. Long before farmers' markets and heirloom vegetables popped up across the country, Tom Chino's parents bought the 45-acre (18.2-hectare) farm after World War Two and forged their independence from wholesalers and supermarkets, setting their prices and cultivating a diverse offering of crops. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 23 PICTURES FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'FOUR SEASONS OF CHINO FARM'SEARCH 'CHINO FARM' FOR ALL IMAGES - LM2EABO11FQ01](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ES_20190124_Retirement.jpg?quality=75&w=500)
![Farmer Tom Chino plants Yuchoi Sun transplants on his family farm in Rancho Santa Fe, California March 4, 2013. The gravitational pull of Chino Farm is legendary. Since they don't ship, everyone - whether a top chef or a traveling foodie or a local resident - comes to the farm stand, simply called "Vegetable Shop," on a dusty corner of this affluent San Diego County town, hemmed in by sprawling housing estates. Long before farmers' markets and heirloom vegetables popped up across the country, Tom Chino's parents bought the 45-acre (18.2-hectare) farm after World War Two and forged their independence from wholesalers and supermarkets, setting their prices and cultivating a diverse offering of crops. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 23 PICTURES FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'FOUR SEASONS OF CHINO FARM'SEARCH 'CHINO FARM' FOR ALL IMAGES - LM2EABO11FQ01](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ES_20190124_Retirement.jpg?quality=75&w=500)
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Should Americans work longer before retirement? If so, what public policies can help to foster longer working lives? On January 24, in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management, Brookings took a hard look at these questions with an event featuring two presentations on proposed reforms to make the workplace more appealing and accommodating for older workers. After the presentations, the authors were joined on stage by top policymakers, including Seth Harris (former acting Secretary of Labor) and Steve Goss (Chief Actuary at the Social Security Administration), for a panel moderated by Kellogg professor Ben Harris.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) President James Poterba delivered keynote remarks on the value of older workers and then participate in a Q&A with Brookings Senior Fellow Martin Baily.
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