Marc Canal on 22 Stats That Prove Global Prosperity by 2100 is Possible

What would the world look like if the poorest country was as rich as Switzerland is today? It turns out we could actually see it happen by 2100, and with an economic growth that is similar to the one we have been experiencing for the past 20 years.

In this episode, we talk with Marc Canal, Senior Fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute, and co-author of the book A Century of Plenty. We unpack what a hundred years of data tells us about human progress, and map out the steps to an ambitious scenario we can build by the end of the century. We discuss:

• How much the world has actually changed since 1925: from one in five children dying before age five in Spain, to life expectancy growing by 40 years globally.
• What it would take to make today’s Swiss living standards the world’s floor by 2100 (while richer countries grow far beyond it), from energy efficiency to birth rates and geopolitics.
• How data shows economic growth is actually good for the climate and for human happiness.
• Why achieving a prosperous world currently depends more on our collective belief that progress is possible than on resource constraints.
• How you can thrive in an AI world, where 57% of work hours can be automated, by leaning into the “messy” jobs.

Full transcript and resources are available at www.existentialhope.com/podcasts/marc-canal