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 2: Lab Leak, Longevity, and the Limits of Science
Biologist and author Matt Ridley lays out the case behind his book Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, which argues the pandemic likely began in a Wuhan laboratory rather than a natural spillover.
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.