THE LONELY CENTURY
Noreena Hertz in conversation with Tessa Szyszkowitz
Combining a decade of research with first-hand reporting the British economist Noreena Hertz analyses in her book “The Lonely Century” how loneliness destroys our health, our communities, our economies and our political securities. “Hertz cites research that links loneliness - or perhaps more accurately, marginalisation - to the rise of right-wing politics...This book is not so much about the emotional ache we call loneliness as it is about the fragmentation of community.” (The Guardian)
Hertz, an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London since 2014, also offers a hopeful and empowering vision for how to heal our fractured communities and restore connection in our lives. Bold solutions range from compassionate Artificial Intelligence to innovative models for urban living to new ways of reinvigorating our neighbourhoods and reconciling our differences.
Noreena Hertz, economist, renowned thought leader, academic, author and broadcaster. She has a PhD from Cambridge University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Having spent 10 years at the University of Cambridge, in 2014 she moved to University College London where she is an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity. Noreena Hertz advises corporations globally and sits on the board of Warner Music Group. Her previous books The Silent Takeover, The Debt Threat and Eyes Wide Open are published in more than twenty countries. Her latest book, The Lonely Century - Coming Together in a World That's Pulling Apart is being published across the world.
Tessa Szyszkowitz, , UK correspondent for PROFILE, Butterfly, Cicero and author of Real Englishmen. Britain and Brexit (in German, Picus Verlag, September 2018) is also a Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute in London.
Noreena Hertz will present the German version of her book, Das einsame Jahrhundert, in conversation with Tessa Szyszkowitz.
The age of loneliness, translated by Sabrina Sandmann & Andrea Schmittmann, published on 23 March 2021 by Harper Collins, ISBN 9783749950461.