The Benefits of Longevity

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There's a lot of figures trillions, which is the dividend from this rising longevity. I've seen a lot of people trying to sort of make this a positive topic. We shouldn't be with longer lives that better than the alternative. This is one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. There's fewer children snatched away in infant life and fewer parents snatched away in midlife,. More grandparents meeting their grandchildren. But we are remotely negative. And it's remarkable, you told people actually older people tend to be happier than people in their 40s and 50s for instance.

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: