Desperately Needed Optimism from Matt Ridley

Episode 189 of the The Political Orphanage podcast, hosted by Andrew Heaton, titled "Desperately Needed Optimism from Matt Ridley" was published on April 22, 2020 and runs 67 minutes.

April 22, 2020 ·67m · The Political Orphanage

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Matt Ridley is a science writer, member of the House of Lords, and author of the amazing book, "The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves." He joins Heaton to talk about how, overall, life is dramatically and empirically better than the rest of recorded history--and why.

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