Matt Ridley, Part 3: Trade, Tariffs, and the Case for Innovation Over Retreat
Biologist and author Matt Ridley explores whether moral progress has kept pace with material gains, traces the idea of trade from mercantilism to modern tariff debates, and weighs the risks of climate change against the promise of continued human progress
Matt Ridley, Part 1: Freedom, Innovation, and Human Progress
Biologist and author Matt Ridley discusses the famous Simon-Ehrlich wager on resource scarcity and how Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations laid the groundwork for understanding freedom and exchange as engines of prosperity.
Adam Smith, Economic Freedom, and Why History Keeps Repeating Itself
Economist and FreedomFest founder Mark Skousen discusses his book The Making of Modern Economics, history's warning signs, his predictions on gold and infrastructure vulnerabilities, plus which career paths still offer opportunity in today's economy.