If this is Tuesday, it must be retirement

A new Harris poll compares American and European attitudes towards retirement, with some interesting results:

• Both Americans and Europeans believe that pension systems in their countries are failing and that they will have to work longer to compensate.
• The majority wants to retire before 60, but believes they will have to work until their mid-to-late 60s. French respondents guessed age 64; Americans thought it was more like 67.
• Europeans still retire earlier—about age 60—than Americans, who average about age 64 at retirement.
• 48 percent of Americans thought they should be personally responsible for their retirement income while only 20-to-30 percent of Europeans agreed with this concept.