The lonely century

The pandemic has physically isolated everyone, but another epidemic has been with us for longer than this virus. The loneliness epidemic is a silent killer that breeds in large groups of people. Toxic social media, polarised politics and decades of neoliberal economics have pushed communities to the breaking point. The question now is, how do we avert the lonely century? Economist and author Noreena Hertz joins Ross Ashcroft to discuss.