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{{short description|British economist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Noreena Hertz
| image              = Noreena Hertz - Trento - 1.JPG
| alt                = picture of Hertz in 2012
| caption            = Hertz in 2012
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1967|9|24|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[East Finchley]], [[London]], England
| nationality        = British
| education          = [[North London Collegiate School]]<br />[[Westminster School]]
| alma_mater         = [[University College London]]<br />[[The Wharton School]] ([[MBA]])<br />[[King's College, Cambridge]] ([[PhD]])
| occupation         = Academic, economist, author, broadcaster
| employer           = [[ITV News]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Danny Cohen (television executive)|Danny Cohen]]|2012}}
| relatives          = [[Joseph Hertz]] (great-grandfather)
}}
'''Noreena Hertz''' (born 24 September 1967) is an English academic, [[economist]] and bestselling [[author]], who sits on the boards of Mattel, Warner Music Group and Workhuman.  She has been Honorary Professor at the [[UCL Institute for Global Prosperity]] at [[University College London]] since 2014. 

In 2001 ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper dubbed her "one of the world's leading young thinkers"<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why we must stay silent no longer |first=Noreena |last=Hertz|work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/apr/08/globalisation.world| date=8 April 2001|access-date = 20 November 2023}}</ref> In September 2013 Hertz was featured on the cover of '' [[Newsweek]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://noreena.com/noreena-on-the-cover-of-newsweek/ |title=Noreena on the cover of Newsweek|date= 30 September 2013| access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> ''[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]'' magazine has named her "one of the most influential economists on the international stage" and observed: "For more than two decades [her] economic predictions have been accurate and ahead of the curve."<ref name="Fast">{{cite news |title=Noreena Hertz |publisher=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/user/noreena-hertz |access-date=21 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219053234/http://www.fastcompany.com/user/noreena-hertz |archive-date=19 December 2013}}</ref>

She describes herself as "a campaigning academic". British media has nicknamed her the "[[Nigella Lawson]] of economics".<ref>{{Cite news |title=The debt the West owes the Third World |last=Stewart |first=Heather |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/26/politics1 |date=26 September 2004  |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
Hertz is a great-granddaughter of [[Chief Rabbi|British Chief Rabbi]] [[Joseph H. Hertz]], and was born and brought up in [[East Finchley]], [[London]].<ref name="Self">{{Cite news |title=How to be an economics goddess |last=Self |first=Will |authorlink=Will Self |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=27 May 2001 |pages=6–8}}</ref> When she was 20 years old, her mother, the fashion designer and [[feminist]] activist Leah Hertz, died of [[cancer]].<ref name="Fraser">{{Cite news |title=Rebel with a capital cause |first=Douglas |last=Fraser |publisher=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |location=Glasgow |date=22 June 2005 |page=15}}</ref><ref name="Crichton">{{Cite news |title=Sub-saharan Africa pays out $30 million every day servicing debt, and 30 million people have aids. That money could make a real difference |first=Torcuil |last=Crichton |work=[[Sunday Herald]] |location=Glasgow |date=26 September 2004 |page=9}}</ref> Hertz was a precocious child and began her schooling aged just 3 years, taking her [[GCE Advanced Level|A levels]] at age 16.<ref name="Betts">{{Cite news |title=A beautiful mind |last=Betts |first=Hannah |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=18 September 2004 |page=50}}</ref> She first attended [[North London Collegiate School]] followed by [[Westminster School]].<ref name=Self/>

==Academic career==
Hertz graduated from [[University College London]] in philosophy and economics at the age of 18.<ref name="Beckett">{{Cite news |title=In search of a radical way |last=Beckett |first=Francis |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=21 October 2004 |page=18}}</ref> She then attended [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|The Wharton School]], [[Philadelphia]], where she majored in finance and earned her [[MBA]] at age 23.<ref name=Beckett/> Hertz then worked for a short period at [[William Morris Endeavor|Triad Artists]], a [[Talent agent|talent agency]] in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], where she originally planned to break into the [[film industry]] as a producer. Following her stint in the [[creative industries]], Hertz took up a position as a consultant to the [[World Bank Group]] working for the [[International Finance Corporation]] (IFC) in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]].<ref name=Self/><ref name=Fraser/><ref name=Crichton/><ref name=Beckett/>

Disillusioned by what she perceived as failings in the [[World Bank]]'s approach to [[Privatization in Russia|post-Soviet reforms]], she quit her post and worked briefly for the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (EBRD). Of the [[International Finance Corporation]] (IFC), she said: "Early on I raised the issue of social safety nets and was quite shocked to see how clearly my concerns were dismissed."<ref name="Roberts">{{Cite news |title=They call me the Nigella Lawson of economics |last=Roberts |first=Alison |work=[[Evening Standard]] |location=London |date=9 May 2001 |page=29}}</ref> Having returned to the UK she studied for a PhD in economics and business at [[King's College, Cambridge]].<ref name=Self/><ref name=Crichton/><ref name=Beckett/> Her Cambridge doctoral thesis, ''Russian Business Relationships in the Wake of Reform'' was published in 1997 by [[St. Martin's Press]].<ref name=Self/>

In 2009, Hertz was appointed Professor and chair of Globalisation, Sustainability and Finance at the [[Rotterdam School of Management]], [[Erasmus University]] and the [[Duisenberg school of finance|Duisenberg School of Finance]].<ref name=Fast/> She is a fellow of the [[University of Cambridge]]'s [[Judge Business School]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The World According To... Noreena Hertz |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=15 September 2004 |page=2}}</ref> She is Honorary Professor at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, [[University College London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Departments UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |publisher=UCL IRIS |url=https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/department/J76 |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>

==Published books==
===''The Silent Takeover'' (2001)===
In ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Hertz warned that unregulated markets, corporate greed, and over-powerful [[financial institution]]s would have serious global consequences that would impact most heavily on the ordinary citizen. Hertz received a record six-figure advance from [[Random House]] for the book which, in pre-publicity, she promised would "make economics sexy."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Diary |last=Jasper |first=Gerard |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=26 April 1999 |page=20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Stirred into action by political apathy |date=6 April 2001 |publisher=[[Times Higher Education]] |location=London |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/158644.article |access-date=7 August 2013}}</ref> Although the book became a [[bestseller]], it was not well-received when first published.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Best selling business books |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |location=London |date=6 May 2001 |page=10}}</ref>

[[Francis Beckett]], for ''[[The Independent]]'', later observed that the book "was lavishly praised and savagely attacked in equal measure" but had nevertheless "launched her as a new sort of thinker - the first prominent British radical left winger to come out of the business schools."<ref name=Beckett/> [[Howard Davies (economist)|Howard Davies]], reviewing it for London's ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper, dismissed it as "globaloney", written in "a style beloved of airport-newsstand business books: random statistic piled on borrowed anecdote, larded with a bit of homespun cod philosophy, shaken not stirred."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Breathless globaloney: Are there no genuine political choices? |first=Howard |last=Davies |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 May 2001 |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/may/19/politics |access-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> [[Tariq Ali]], for ''The Independent'', called the book "well-intentioned" but "a much milder version [of] three more vigorous North American texts that have already achieved cult status", referring to [[Naomi Klein]]'s ''[[No Logo]]'', [[Thomas Frank (political commentator)|Thomas Frank]]'s ''[[One Market Under God]]'' and [[Kalle Lasn]]'s ''Culture Jam''. Ali categorised Hertz's book as [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] and dismissed the Hertz's positions as [[third Way]] [[anti-capitalism]]. Ali concluded: "What Hertz really wants is a government that can unite business interests with those of ordinary people - like expecting homoeopathic drops to cure a cancer."<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Third Way for anti-capitalists |last=Ali |first=Tariq |authorlink=Tariq Ali |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=1 May 2001 |page=5}}</ref> [[Jennifer Szalai]], for the ''[[New Statesman]]'', wrote that the book was "at best, an anaemic objection to global capitalism" and pointed out: "For anybody who has read anything about corporations beyond their annual reports... the examples in this book are nothing new." Szalai described Hertz's "line of argument" as "a listless string of tired phrases, exposing her apparent ambivalence on the subject."<ref>{{Cite news |title=We can't, we won't |last=Szalai |first=Jennifer |publisher=[[New Statesman]] |location=London |volume=14 |issue=660 |date=11 June 2001 |pages=69–70}}</ref>

[[Will Self]] described the book as "superficially readable" but was critical of Hertz's ideology, calling it "an aggressive questioning of the pernicious status quo, but with only a febrile grasp on any potential solution - what used to be expected of a precocious adolescent, rather than a Cambridge assistant professor entering her mid-thirties."<ref name=Self/> [[Frank Fitzgibbon]], for ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', described the book as "well-written, colourful and sometimes entertaining" but ultimately "one long whinge, full of hackneyed observations... like a 212-page ''Guardian'' editorial on the venality of politicians, the evils of big business and the right-on credentials of concerned citizens." Responding to the book's advance publicity, which claimed that Hertz would in ''The Silent Takeover'' provide "a new and startling take on the way we live now", Fitzgibbon observed: "With the possible exception of a quote from Bhutan's king, [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]] - "gross national happiness is more important than gross national product" - there is nothing in this book that is not already known to anybody with a passing interest in business and current affairs. It has all been said before but, to her credit, Hertz says it with style and with her telegenic looks she should be in demand on the chat-show circuit."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Whinger's guide to globalisation |last=Fitzgibbon |first=Frank |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |location=London |date=6 May 2001 |page=10}}</ref>

===''IOU: The Debt Threat'' (2004)===
The 2004 book ''IOU: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It'' comprised a study of [[debt]] in [[Developing country|developing countries]] and provided Hertz's blueprint for [[economic development]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=THE DEBT THREAT: How Debt Is Destroying the Developing World |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-056052-2 |date=3 January 2005 |publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> [[Paul Kingsnorth]], reviewing for the ''New Statesman'', wrote: "Noreena is the [[Joanne Harris]] of political writing - and ''IOU'', like its author, is all style and no substance." Kingsnorth said that her explanation of the debt issue was: "All fine, but also largely redundant, because this stuff has been circulating for years, and Hertz adds nothing new to the mix." He also found sections of the book "misleading" and noted that "her old employer the [[World Bank]] emerges with a curiously positive report card from a book about a problem it created almost single-handedly. The bank's former chief economist [[Lawrence Summers|Larry Summers]] is represented as a passionate champion of the poor. Perhaps Hertz is not aware of the infamous internal memo that was leaked from the bank, in which this angelic man wrote: ''I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest-wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I've always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted...''" He dismissed the book as simply "going through the motions" and "remarkably bad writing."<ref name="Kingsnorth">{{Cite news |title=On the money |last=Kingsnorth |first=Paul |publisher=[[New Statesman]] |location=London |volume=17 |issue=832 |date=8 November 2004 |pages=52–53}}</ref>

Richard Adams, for ''The Guardian'', wrote: "There is nothing here that will surprise readers of [[Susan George (political scientist)|Susan George]]'s 1988 book ''A Fate Worse than Debt'', which remains the most forceful call for undoing the burden of the developing world." Hertz's proposed solutions were, he wrote, not well defined. "Some of her suggestions are patronising - setting up panels of international "overseers" for aid funding is a bit rich given her diatribes against external IMF and World Bank meddling - while one is downright dangerous: that wealthy nations hypothecate the taxes paid by immigrant workers for use as overseas aid (so removing their last shield against the xenophobe or racist, that they too pay taxes for the NHS)." Adams also found the book "littered with errors... that smack of economic illiteracy and careless research." Of her style, he observed: "Readers may also be unimpressed with Hertz's informal prose style and strangled syntax... The first chapter, especially, reads like a rejected screenplay for an unhappy episode of ''[[The West Wing]]''." Adams concluded his review by writing: "While no one can doubt Hertz's good intentions, the road to hell is paved with books like ''IOU''. Developing-world debt is a serious issue, and it deserves more judicious treatment than this."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hard to credit: Richard Adams tackles some grim reading on the debt burden |last=Adams |first=Richard |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=30 October 2004|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/oct/30/highereducation.news |access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref>

[[Diane Coyle]], for ''The Independent'', called ''IOU'' "another pamphlet disguised as a book" and opined that "It pretends to weigh up the details and evidence, but its tone implies that anyone who disagrees is stupid or bad... HIV/Aids, the loss of Amazon rainforests and terrorism [are not] caused by these debts, which is the facile claim Hertz makes."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Facile claims on debt that don't add up |last=Coyle |first=Diane |authorlink=Diane Coyle |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=23 September 2004 |page=37}}</ref> Hannah Betts, for ''The Times'', labelled the book "more than liberal breast-beating - it endeavours to be a psychology of debt... Without ever falling into the pat illiberalisms that the West brought [[September 11 attacks|9/11]] and its aftermath on itself, Hertz discusses the ways in which terrorism, disease and ecological meltdown may be the consequences of Third World stagnation."<ref name=Betts/> [[Desmond Tutu]] credited the book with a "remarkable clarity" and said it "puts forward clear recommendations that can and must be taken." Writing for the ''New Statesman'' he declared: "''IOU'' should not go unnoticed. When the truth is told about international debt, then we can begin to overcome the scandalous debt slavery of the world's poor."<ref>{{Cite news |title=IOU: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It |first=Desmond |last=Tutu |authorlink=Desmond Tutu |publisher=[[New Statesman]] |location=London |issue=Political Studies Guide 2005 |date=25 October 2004}}</ref>

===''Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World'' (2013)===
In the 2013 book ''Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World'' Hertz takes issue with the rise of unchecked [[data]], and suggests simple solutions to allow her readers to take control of their lives."<ref>{{Cite news |first=Alexander |last=Larman |title=Short Reviews: Eyes Wide Open |publisher=[[The Observer]] |location=London |date=13 October 2013 |page=33 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/12/eyes-wide-open-noreena-hertz-review |access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref> The book has received praise from prominent social psychologists and best-selling authors, including [[Robert Cialdini]], author of ''Influence''. He writes; "With 10 sensible steps to take, Noreena Hertz charts a sound decision-making route for us through a world in hyper-drive. I'd recommend a prudent first step-get this book". [[John Crace (writer)|John Crace]], reviewing for ''The Guardian'', wrote: "Every week, another 150 self-help books are published. How do you know this one is any different from the others? It isn't." He summarised the book as "Eyes fast closing."<ref>{{Cite news |first=John |last=Crace |authorlink=John Crace (writer) |title=Digested read: If your doctor has given you the all-clear, you almost certainly have a year to live: Eyes Wide Open by Noreena Hertz |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=23 September 2013 |page=19 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/23/eyes-wide-open-noreena-hertz-digested-read |access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref> [[Daisy Goodwin]], for the ''Sunday Times'', concluded that although the books reads like an airport book, "it is actually a practical guide to critical thinking in the digital age that is as useful for students as it is for CEOs." Despite finding the book "slightly exhausting", she concluded it was "an admirable guide to predicting the factors that affect our decision-making."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Never trust an expert; A practical guide aims to show us all how to make informed decisions |work=[[Sunday Times]] |location=London |date=15 September 2013 |page=42}}</ref> [[Julian Baggini]], for the ''Financial Times'', observing: "[T]he more confidently a book claims to help you make better choices, the less it is likely to do so. Noreena Hertz's ''Eyes Wide Open'' is a case in point. Reading it, I did, indeed, often find myself wide-eyed, startled by its bold, simplistic claims. There is a need for a synthesis of the many insights gathered by recent research into cognitive biases and the other often hidden processes that shape our decisions." Baggini claims that [[Daniel Kahneman]] has published much better advice in 2011 with ''Thinking, Fast and Slow''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baggini |first=Julian |title=Multiple choice |work=[[Financial Times]] |location=London |date=7 September 2013 |page=8}}</ref>

=== ''Generation K (2015)''===
In 2015 Hertz began researching what she has called Generation K – 13- to 20-year-olds. K is for [[Katniss Everdeen]], the feisty heroine of the global franchise ''The Hunger Games''.  She presented her initial thinking on Generation K in 2015 at the [[World Economic Forum]] and at the ''Women in the World Summit'' in New York City. Here she unveiled results from her 2015 study of 2000 American and British Teenagers. Its key findings include that this generation is more anxious than previous ones, more intent on being unique, and more concerned about inequality. She posits that they have been profoundly shaped not only by technology but also by the recession and an increasing sense of existential threat. She writes: "unlike those currently aged between 20 and 30, the "Yes we can" generation, who grew up believing the world was their oyster, for Generation K the world is less oyster, more [[Thomas Hobbes|Hobbesian]] nightmare."<ref name="campaignlive.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/why-brands-care-generation-katniss/1348538|title=Why brands should care about Generation Katniss|website=campaignlive.co.uk|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>
 
Hertz defines this generation as having been profoundly shaped by three global forces: the rapid development of technology – this is the first smartphone generation, the worst recession the West faced in decades, and the increased existential threat from evolving terrorist groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-generation-k-2016-4|title=Here's what you should know about 'Generation K' — the teens shaped by terrorism, technology, and anxiety|last=Heilpern|first=Will|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> According to her, distinct traits of Generation K include anxiety, loneliness, a desire for connection, a desire to co-create, a commitment to societal equality, anti-traditional institutions, commitment to the environment and fear about their own financial futures.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/19/think-millennials-have-it-tough-for-generation-k-life-is-even-harsher|title=Think the millennials have it tough? For Generation K life's even harsher|last=Hertz|first=Noreena|date=2016-03-19|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-20|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Hertz's research into Generation K has been discussed in publications including ''The Guardian'',<ref name="theguardian.com"/> the ''Financial Times'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/1642f9d2-e3ac-11e4-9a82-00144feab7de |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/TpRqx |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Generation K: what it means to be a teen |work=Financial Times|date=17 April 2015 |access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> ''El Pais'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/economia/2016/10/20/actualidad/1476985002_101940.html|title=Los 'millennials' y los 'centennials', dos generaciones que valen 19 billones|newspaper=El País|date=23 October 2016|last1=Vega|first1=Miguel Ángel García}}</ref> the ''Washington Post'',<ref>{{Cite news |first=Danielle |last=Paquette |title=We're beginning to learn what 'Generation Katniss' really cares about – and why it matters|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/27/were-beginning-to-learn-what-the-generation-katniss-really-cares-about/|access-date=2020-07-02|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en}}</ref> the ''Daily Telegraph'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/11561702/Say-hello-to-Generation-K-why-todays-teens-are-terrified-about-everything.html|title=Say hello to Generation K: why today's teens are terrified about everything|last=Halliwell|first=Rachel|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2015-04-25|access-date=2019-12-20|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''Campaign'',<ref name="campaignlive.co.uk" /> The ''Huffington Post'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michael-mercieca/financial-education_b_7661480.html|title=Financial Education Is Vital - But Not for the Reason You Think|date=2015-06-25|website=HuffPost UK|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> and ''Newsweek''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/millennials-saving-generation-k-finance-noreena-hertz-430225|title=Generation K: New research shows today's teens are more careful with their money|last=EST|first=Josh Lowe on 2/25/16 at 6:57 AM|date=2016-02-25|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>

=== ''The Lonely Century: Coming Together in a World that's Pulling Apart (2020)'' ===
Hertz's most recent book, ''The Lonely Century: Coming Together in a World that's Pulling Apart,'' was published in the UK by [[Sceptre (imprint)|Sceptre]] in September 2020. The author argues that [[loneliness]] is becoming the defining condition of the twenty-first century and is contributing to the rise of political [[populism]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why loneliness fuels populism |work = Financial Times| date=25 September 2020 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ffadb189-5661-40c3-b142-43f91cf38bdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/XHltB |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-25 | last1=Hertz | first1=Noreena }}</ref>

== Campaigns ==
In 2001 Hertz contemplated whether "increasingly the most effective way to be political is not to register one's demands and wants at the ballot box". As [[consumer activism]] went mainstream in [[Europe]], she reasoned that "all over the developed, democratic world, people are shopping rather than voting".<ref>{{cite book |first1=James W. St.G. | last1=Walker |first2= Andrew S. |last2=Thompson |title=Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |date=2008 |isbn=9781554581405|page=14}}</ref> Hertz played a key role in the [[Live 8]] campaign to cancel the debt of the world's poorest countries, and was one of the speakers at the [[Edinburgh 50,000 – The Final Push|2005 Edinburgh Live 8]] concert.<ref name=Fraser/> In late 2005 Hertz began to publicly criticise the [[Make Poverty History]] campaign. She claimed that it achieved "next to nothing". According to Hertz the campaign was not successful in advancing [[justice]], [[empowerment]] or [[accountability]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Patrick |last1=Bond |title=Looting Africa: The Economics of Exploitation |publisher=Zed Books |date=2006 |isbn=9781842778111|page=137}}</ref>

===Mayday for Nurses===
In April 2007 Hertz launched the "Mayday for Nurses" campaign in Britain to alleviate the problems of low pay in nursing. Hertz promised nurses at the [[Royal College of Nursing]] annual conference that she would make sure that every football player in the [[Premier League]] would, by the end of the season, have donated one day's pay (totalling around £1.5 million) to a hardship fund for nurses struggling in their first few years.<ref name="Standard">{{Cite news |date=29 May 2007 |title=How I moved the hearts of football's millionaires |page=1 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=That's rich: Southgate should be applauded for tough stance on nurses |last=Rudd |first=Alyson |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=12 October 2007 |page=89 |authorlink=Alyson Rudd}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Triggle |first=Nick |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6563277.stm |title=Footballers highlight nurse woes |work=[[BBC News]] |date=17 April 2007 |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref> The campaign was filmed for a [[Channel 4]] documentary, ''The Million Pound Footballers' Giveaway'', broadcast on 7 June 2007.<ref name=Standard/>

Although the Nurses' hardship fund raised £750,000 after some of the Premiership's best-paid stars pitched in with a day's pay, the campaign received a "mixed response" and was described by some commentators as "intellectually flawed" and "a thinly-veiled form of blackmail."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rooney's flaw show |last=Martin |first=Samuel |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=15 October 2007 |page=7}}</ref> [[Gareth Southgate]], then the manager of [[Middlesbrough F.C.]], cancelled his club's donation after Hertz published a list of footballers who had contributed, "effectively 'outing' those who had not."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Football's Charitable Status |last=Moore |first=Glenn |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=7 May 2008 |page=46}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Southgate in war of words with charity |last=Stewart |first=Rob |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=12 October 2007 |page=7}}</ref> Southgate said: "I am disgusted with the manner in which this campaign has gone about its fundraising. Mayday for Nurses is a worthy cause, but there are many others. The players at this club support any number of local and national charities and good causes, either via financial support, giving up their own time or both. This is often done privately, meaning they neither receive nor ask for any public gratitude or praise."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Angry soccer boss blocks donation to nurses' fund in 'blackmail' row |work=[[The Yorkshire Post]] |location=Leeds |date=12 October 2007}}</ref> [[Moritz Volz]], then playing for [[Fulham F.C.]], explained in ''The Times'': "Everyone in our squad decided to donate a day's pay to the Mayday for Nurses appeal. But [Hertz's] ignorance [of football and the media] is what caused it to backfire. Instead of focusing on poor pay for nurses, the media coverage ended up being primarily about footballers and their money.".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mayday for Nurses appeal |last=Volz |first=Moritz |authorlink=Moritz Volz |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=29 October 2007 |page=15}}</ref>

[[Peter Carter (nurse)|Peter Carter]], the general secretary of the [[Royal College of Nursing]], said that the fund offered financial support and "a helping hand to nurses in times of hardship and times of need."<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Nursing in Practice|date=9 October 2007|access-date=7 April 2016|title=RCN launches nurses' hardship fund|url=http://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/rcn-launches-nurses-hardship-fund}}</ref> Hertz said she picked nurses to be the beneficiaries of the campaign because they were among the worst paid public servants with professional qualifications, earning one-third less than teachers by the time they are established in their careers.<ref>{{cite news|date=1 March 2007|title=Footballers 'give pay to nurses'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6408001.stm| work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref>

==Advisory roles, trusteeships==
Hertz acts in an advisory capacity for "major multinational corporations, CEOs, NGOs and politicians, as well as start-up companies, and sits on various corporate and charitable boards."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.noreena.com/about-noreena-2/ |publisher=Noreena Hertz |title=About Noorena |access-date=7 August 2013}}</ref> She is a member of the Inclusive Capitalism Task Force, chaired by [[Dominic Barton]], Global Managing Director of [[McKinsey & Company]]. She is also an advisor to the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media and a Trustee of the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]]. In May 2014 Hertz joined the board of [[Warner Music Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6077419/warner-music-group-adds-three-to-board-of-directors-mathias-döpfner-oliver-slipper-noreena-hertz |title=Noreena Hertz, Mathias Döpfner, Oliver Slipper Added to Warner Music Group Board of Directors {{!}} Billboard |website=www.billboard.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513040908/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6077419/warner-music-group-adds-three-to-board-of-directors-mathias-d%C3%B6pfner-oliver-slipper-noreena-hertz |archive-date=2014-05-13}} </ref>

==Personal life==
Hertz is married to [[Danny Cohen (television executive)|Danny Cohen]], the former Director of [[BBC Television]]. They were married in 2012 at the [[Bevis Marks Synagogue]] in the [[City of London]]. The ceremony was conducted by [[Jonathan Sacks|Lord Sacks]], the [[List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations|Chief Rabbi]], and attended by guests including [[Rachel Weisz]], [[Nigella Lawson]] and [[Charles Saatchi]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wedding with Weisz |last=Eden |first=Richard |work=[[The Sunday Telegraph]] |location=London |date=4 March 2012 |page=11}}</ref> She lives with her husband in [[Primrose Hill]], London.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Danny Cohen to be BBC's director of television |first=Jennifer |last=Lipman |date=23 April 2013 |publisher =[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |location=London |url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/106329/danny-cohen-be-bbcs-director-television |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links  ==
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* {{Official website|https://noreena.com/}}
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** [http://www.ted.com/talks/noreena_hertz_how_to_use_experts_and_when_not_to "How to use experts — and when not to" (TEDSalon London 2010)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020717165951/http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_hertz.html Hertz interview with Bill Moyers]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110324032528/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-23/the-new-co-op-capitalism/ Hertz essay on the future of capitalism, March 2009]
* {{Muckrack}}

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