The decade following the 1918–20 flu pandemic is remembered as a time of freedom—both for growth and for selfish excess. How are the post-COVID 2020s likely to shape up?
Vision reviews Noreena Hertz’s The Lonely Century. The author contends that the loneliness pandemic, too, must end, and outlines how we can make that happen.
Die Nachrichten im Jahr 2020 waren von einer Vielfalt sozialer Probleme dominiert – die Sammlung von den meistgelesenen Vision-Artikeln zum Jahresende spiegelt dies wider.
Vision reviews Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy and John Keane’s The New Despotism. In the wake of the contentious 2020 US presidential election, their message is sobering.