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Matt Ridley: Rational Optimism

Matt Ridley: Rational Optimism

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This episode was recorded on January 11, 2021.

Matt Ridley and I discuss, among other topics, economic optimism, trade through the reciprocity of nations, enlightened self-interest, virtues relation to trade, feeding nine billion people, the triumphs of cities, escape of Malthusian population trap, and more.

Matt Ridley is a British best-selling author (The Origins of Virtue, The Rational Optimist, How Innovation Works, and many more) who is best known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics. He is also a well-respected journalist, businessman, and member of The House of Lords in the United Kingdom.

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J D

I shut it off at pesticides. Pest control yes but spraying heavy amounts of toxic synthetic pesticides is definitely not a good thing. There is definitely a difference in conventional "especially heavily sprayed" crops vs organically produced crops. Studies continue to show this, we need to change our understanding of the production of our food and what we are feeding ourselves, families, pets and animals.

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Matt Ridley: Rational Optimism

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