Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We humans made unprecedented progress over the past 100 years. The question now is whether we can do it again, and maybe even do it better. In a new book from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), A Century of Plenty: A Story of Progress for Generations to Come (McKinsey Global Institute, January 13, 2026), imagine a world in which every person in the world enjoys at least Switzerland’s standards of living today.

What follows is a conversation about the book between five of its authors. Taking part are former MGI chair and McKinsey senior partner Sven Smit; MGI directors and McKinsey senior partners Chris Bradley and Nick Leung; MGI senior fellow Marc Canal; and former MGI executive editor Janet Bush.

Learn more about the book: mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/a-century-of-plenty

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