Older Executives Find Job Losses Often Mean Having to Retire Early.

Discusses how older executives, despite years of experience, can't find new jobs and are forced into early retirement. Growing tendency for companies to hire younger workers for managerial positions; How former executives often go unnoticed when considering the unemployment rate because of their wealth; Examination of the long-term cost to society of losing so much talent and experience; Description of industries, such as banking, that have been hit especially hard by mergers and must dismiss executives.