EconTalk Podcast Episodes featuring Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley on the Evolution of Everything

EconTalk - February 22, 2016 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
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 variety of phenomena including culture, morality, religion, commerce, innovation, and consciousness.

Matt Ridley on Climate Change

EconTalk - June 29, 2015 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
Science writer and author Matt Ridley discusses climate change with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Based on his reading of the scientific evidence, Ridley describes himself as a "lukewarmer." While Ridley agrees that humans have made the climate warmer, he argues that the impact is small or positiv...