Can Money Buy a Longer Life? Yes – to a Point

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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People with high salaries and net worth tend to live longer lives, research shows. And while you can’t add more months to your shopping cart yet, Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Pinsker joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss ways to spend money to improve your chances of living longer Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.5	Here's your money briefing for Thursday, January 9th.
0:36.1	I'm J.R. Wh Waylon for the Wall Street Journal.
0:41.0	Saving money can boost the size of your nest egg and make you feel better about the future.
0:45.7	But what about living a longer life? The things that help people live longer are pretty well
0:51.3	established. Eat better, sleep more, exercise more, spend time with friends.
0:56.2	So you can make improvements on those fronts without ever spending a dime, but you can
1:00.1	also spend in a smart way to level up on each of those.
1:03.4	Reporter Joe Pinsker covers the pursuit of happiness for the WSJ's personal finance team.
1:08.8	He'll join us after the break.
1:38.0	Music WSJ's personal finance team. He'll join us after the break. As the saying goes, the rich get richer, but many of them live longer lives.
1:43.0	Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Pinsker looked into the research behind that, and he joins me.
1:44.9	Joe, according to research,
1:50.7	you cited, that was published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Once Americans make it to their late 50s, the wealthiest 10% live to a median age of around 86 years. That's roughly 14 years longer
1:58.8	than the least wealthy 10%.
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