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Simon Wren-Lewis
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Emeritus Professor of Economics, Oxford University.
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Worse still, the increase in time spent alone has been especially steep among this economically and socially dislocated group.

*Seven hours* of daily free time spent completely solitary in the most recent US data.

My column from last week in full: www.ft.com/content/bd61...
Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated
A disconnected class is taking shape, but is absent from the headline statistics
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM