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When the Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled in 2015, they weren't designed for modest, step-by-step improvements. They required a massive, structural leap in how societies function.
Over the past decade, tracking metrics beyond simple GDP has revealed that economic growth alone cannot deliver the SDGs. Gains in basic infrastructure like water, sanitation, and connectivity are hitting hard walls, while fundamental freedoms are sliding backward at a pace hard to ignore. Are we looking at a temporary setback caused by recent global shocks, or has the global development model itself reached its absolute limit?
In this episode of Beyond GDP: The Social Progress Podcast, Michael Green analyzes whether his past predictions have come true.
He also explores 15 years of data with the 2026 Global Social Progress Index to map where the world actually stands, why the biggest nations are causing massive swings in global trends, and what piece of the puzzle must be solved before any real progress can resume.
When the Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled in 2015, they weren't designed for modest, step-by-step improvements. They required a massive, structural leap in how societies function.
Over the past decade, tracking metrics beyond simple GDP has revealed that economic growth alone cannot deliver the SDGs. Gains in basic infrastructure like water, sanitation, and connectivity are hitting hard walls, while fundamental freedoms are sliding backward at a pace hard to ignore. Are we looking at a temporary setback caused by recent global shocks, or has the global development model itself reached its absolute limit?
In this episode of Beyond GDP: The Social Progress Podcast, Michael Green analyzes whether his past predictions have come true.
He also explores 15 years of data with the 2026 Global Social Progress Index to map where the world actually stands, why the biggest nations are causing massive swings in global trends, and what piece of the puzzle must be solved before any real progress can resume.
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