Noreena Hertz

Noreena performed on our virtual stage for Seriously Entertaining on April 20, 2021, speaking on the evening’s theme, “Only Home We’ve Ever Known.”

Noreena Hertz is a renowned thought leader, academic, and broadcaster who was named by The Observer “one of the world’s leading thinkers” and by Vogue “one of the world’s most inspiring women.” Her previous bestsellers—The Silent Takeover, The Debt Threat, and Eyes Wide Open—have been published in more than twenty countries, and her opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Financial Times. She has hosted her own show on SiriusXM and spoken at TED, the World Economic Forum in Davos, and Google Zeitgeist. Hertz holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and is based at University College London, where she holds an honorary professorship. Her new book is The Lonely Century.

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