The writer is chief executive of the Royal Society of ArtsAs individuals, we often take our health for granted. It is only when ill health strikes that the benefits of good health truly become apparent.
The same is true of economies. Having long taken good health for granted, many economies are now waking up to the severe economic and societal costs of poor health.
Until the 20th century, people’s lives were well-described by English philosopher Thomas Hobbes’s writing in the 17th century — short and brutish. The average lifespan was little more than 40 years and had remained around these levels for many centuries.
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