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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.
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
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.
McKinsey Global Institute: 2025 in charts
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Here are some of the McKinsey Global Institute’s favorite data visualizations from 2025.
Advancing adaptation: Mapping costs from cooling to coastal defenses
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The benefits of adaptation far outweigh its costs. Yet, the world today spends just one-third of the amount needed to protect everyone exposed to hazards to developed-economy standards. What would it cost to adapt as the Earth warms, and how much will get spent?
Agents, robots, and us: Skill partnerships in the age of AI
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AI is expanding the productivity frontier. Realizing its benefits requires new skills and rethinking how people work together with intelligent machines.
Capturing the next big arenas of competition in ten charts
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Arenas are industries that transform the business landscape. As 18 future arenas emerge, companies should understand their own exposure and positioning now.
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A Century of Plenty: Business leaders role in the next era of progress
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A century ago, in 1925, the world was a tougher place. Lives were shorter, incomes lower, and opportunity far narrower. Over the past 100 years, human ingenuity and economic development have transformed daily life in ways that would have been unimaginable to our great-grandparents. The average person today lives decades longer, and billions of people have risen out of poverty, writes Kweilin Ellingrud in Forbes.
Addressing India’s climate adaptation gap
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Human societies have long found ingenious ways to cope with extreme weather; and India is no exception. Today, India, with its diverse climate, faces particularly high exposure, write Mekala Krishnan and Kanmani Chockalingam in Live Mint.
A path to universal prosperity by 2100
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Over the past century, economic growth has delivered higher incomes and longer lives, while empowering millions of people. Looking to the future, a world where everyone can live securely and with options – as opposed to just subsisting – is within reach, but will require emerging economies to continue expanding, write Marc Canal Noguer, Nick Leung, and Chris Bradley in Project Syndicate.