The Evolution of Life Expectancy

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The chances of any one of us actually living exactly as long as life expectancy are pretty small. But there have been these spectacular improvements in life expectancy. Can we expect those trends of two or three years every 10 years to increase? I think probably not. Even if you use one year in every decade, you have very high probabilities of living to your 90s or 100. And that's extraordinary.

Co-host Janet Bush talks with Andrew J. Scott. Scott is professor of economics at London Business School; his work focuses on the economics of longevity. He's co-founder of the Longevity Forum and a member of the World Economic Forum's Council on Healthy Aging and Longevity, topics that are very much the focus of the McKinsey Health Institute. His book The 100-Year Life has sold more than a million copies in 15 languages. In this podcast, he covers topics including the following: