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Matt Ridley on Trade, Growth, and the Rational Optimist

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Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why he is optimistic about the future and how trade and specialization…

Matt Ridley on Climate Change

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Science writer and author Matt Ridley discusses climate change with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Based on his reading of the scientific evidence, Ridley describe…

Matt Ridley on the Evolution of Everything

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Matt Ridley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, The Evolution of Everything. Ridley applies the lens of emergent order to a wide variet…

Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works

发表于 2020-08-31 invention affordable innovation

What's the difference between invention and innovation? Could it be that innovation--the process of making a breakthrough invention available, affordable, and r…

Bird Brains, Bird Sex, and All Kinds of Beauty (with Matt Ridley)

发表于 2025-03-25 selection kinds brains

Bright colors, long tails, and dances of seduction: they may hurt a bird's chances of survival in the wild, but they seem to increase the chances of reproductio…