The Impact of Economic Metrics on Aging

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As an economist, and as somebody interested in economics, it just fascinates me to know whether economic metrics are capturing any of this change. Age is not a terribly good indicator of someone's needs if you lack the law together as 65 plus. And because of growing life expectancy, every 58 year old has now got more years ahead of them than past ones. Because we're living these long lives, most of the diseases we get have a common cause - age.

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: