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Noreena Hertz and Loneliness

Helen Lewis interviews with people offering radical solutions for our times. In this edition, economist Noreena Hertz advocates a series of political solutions to loneliness.

Helen Lewis returns with a new series of interviews with people offering radical solutions to the big problems we face, and explores how their personal experiences drive their work and thinking.

In her book The Lonely Century, economist Noreena Hertz explains why she considers loneliness a pressing political problem. She tells Helen about her strange encounters while researching the subject, and outlines what she thinks are the necessary political solutions to fix a lonely society.

Producer: Phil Tinline

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43 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Feb 2021 22:15

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  • Wed 3 Feb 2021 20:00
  • Sat 6 Feb 2021 22:15