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What we get wrong about ageing and work
There is no consistent evidence that older workers are any less productive than their younger counterparts
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There is no consistent evidence that older workers are any less productive than their younger counterparts.
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Pilita Clark
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After Martin Amis died, newspapers filled with reminders of the celebrated writer’s more memorable thoughts.
In 2021, he told The Guardian he had been finding it hard to finish things during the pandemic but doubted this was due to Covid-19. “It’s just age,” he said. “In the old days it came quicker, the prose. Now it’s a battle.”

