--- description: Coughlin is founder and director of MIT’s AgeLab and the author of The Longevity Economy. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Joseph F. Coughlin ## Joseph F. Coughlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Coughlin is founder and director of MIT’s AgeLab and the author of [_The Longevity Economy_](https://www.amazon.com/Longevity-Economy-Unlocking-Fastest-Growing-Misunderstood/dp/1610396634)_._ ## Joseph F. Coughlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Nov 8, 2017 ### [There's No Such Thing As 'Old Age' Anymore](https://time.com/5013938/old-age-baby-boomers-retirement-florida/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/joseph-f-coughlin/","name":"Joseph F. Coughlin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/joseph-f-coughlin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/joseph-f-coughlin/"},"name":"Joseph F. Coughlin","jobTitle":null,"description":"Coughlin is founder and director of MIT’s AgeLab and the author of The Longevity Economy.","url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-f-coughlin/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```