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A Century of Plenty book
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A Century of Plenty

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This book, a major research effort from the McKinsey Global Institute, explores the advances of the past century and what drove them—what we call the progress machine.
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Agents, robots, and us: How AI reshapes work and skills in Europe
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Most skills will still be needed—but how people use them will change as they work alongside intelligent machines.
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The race takes off in the next big arenas of competition
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In the arenas, investment cycles are accelerating, value pools are shifting, and a new type of competitor is scaling across industries.
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Geopolitics and the geometry of global trade: 2026 update
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Tariff splashes, AI waves, and the ripples reshaping global trade.
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MGI’s new chair Shubham Singhal on AI, productivity, and other key trends ahead
A cutout silhouette of the United States filled with a collage of photographs representing American technological innovations spanning 250 years. Inside the map are images of inventions and advancements such as vintage cars and televisions, farm equipment, computer chips, servers, DNA strands, medical scanners, and digital technology, symbolizing America’s technological progress and competitive edge.
At 250, sustaining America’s competitive edge
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America’s history of reinvention holds compelling lessons as the nation confronts a future of immense if uncertain opportunity
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Pulling off another century of human progress
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Five of the authors of the McKinsey Global Institute’s new book talk about writing a new narrative of progress.
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Shubham Singhal
McKinsey Global Institute Chair and Senior PartnerDetroit
Chair of McKinsey Global Institute; Global co-leader of McKinsey's strategic priority on geopolitics; counselor to healthcare...
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Leads research on global economic, business, and tech trends and works on strategic transformations for organizations across...
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Leads research on technology, digitization, and AI. Works with major financial institutions on digital transformation
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What to tell graduates who ask you for advice right now
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This time of year, many leaders find themselves in a familiar position. A child. A niece or nephew. A friend’s son or daughter. A new graduate reaching out for advice. The question sounds simple: “What advice do you have for me as I start my career?” But this year, it carries more weight than usual. Because the world they are entering is changing faster than the one we entered. And almost everyone can feel it, writes Kweilin Ellingrud in Forbes.
For 250 years, America didn’t just invent the future—it built it. That connection is breaking. Here’s how to restore it
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For 250 years, America has done something no other country has managed at comparable scale: it has not merely invented the future, it has built it. Many of the foundations of modern life are distinctly American, write Eric Kutcher, Shubham Singhal, Olivia White, and Scott Blackburn in Fortune.
The US leads in 14 of 18 industries shaping the future economy—but the lead isn’t guaranteed
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Geopolitics are dominating headlines, and trade conflict is accelerating. In this context, countries and companies need to position themselves well in the right industries to sustain profitable growth, write Kevin Russell, Chris Bradley, and Kweilin Ellingrud in Fortune.
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