While you might expect that this would inspire us to save like misers, instead most of us have apparently decided to work later in life to make up the shortfall.
The most enterprising types in Bleak House are in the law profession, like the sinister solicitor Mr. Tulkinghorn and the unctuous law clerk Guppy, or are reptilian misers, like Krook the landlord and Smallweed the moneylender.