Eric Klein wrote that in France, a person who has worked their entire life at the minimum wage would receive almost as much in retirement as someone who has never contributed. For example, he compared two people born on January 1, 1964: according to him, the one who would have worked their entire career at the minimum wage would have validated 170 quarters and could retire at full rate on October 1, 2026, at 62 years and 9 months, with a pension of about 1,246 euros per month. The person who has not contributed any quarters would receive, starting at 65 years old and under certain income conditions, 1,044 euros per month through the minimum old-age pension, he noted. Klein estimated that the gap of about 200 euros after a lifetime of work and contributions was scandalous. #Retraite #SMIC #Inégalités (translated)