Matt Ridley on the Evolution of Everything

EconTalk

Library of Economics and Liberty

Economics, Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Education, Science, Books, Philosophy, History, Ethics, Courses, Business, Interviews

4.7 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2016

⏱️ 70 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.2	I'm your host, Russ Roberts, of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:13.1	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:18.1	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done
0:25.2	going back to 2006.
0:27.5	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:30.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:34.3	Today is February 4, 2016, and before introducing today's guest, I want to share with you the
0:40.0	results of the survey of your favorite episodes of 2015.
0:44.3	I want to thank all of you around the world, and you live in 65 different countries who
0:49.0	responded.
0:50.0	I'm particularly your general comments and feedback.
0:52.6	Those comments were very helpful for me in thinking about ways to make e-con talk better,
0:57.1	and I very much enjoyed hearing how e-con talk has been useful or educational for you.
1:01.3	It's very gratifying, and I thank you for listening and for sharing.
1:05.0	I also want to thank Katie D'Amour, who is a new addition to the e-con talk team who's
1:09.1	been helping me with links and the descriptions for each episode.
1:13.0	We're looking for new ways to make e-con talk more valuable to you, and e-contalk.org,
1:17.0	our website has some great resources for additional learning or to engage with other listeners
1:22.3	through the e-con talk extra as that you'll find there.
1:25.2	Now, here are your favorite episodes from 2015.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Library of Economics and Liberty, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Library of Economics and Liberty and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.