Matt Ridley: How innovation works

Is American innovation plateauing? How can we encourage more of it, both through public policy and culture? Should we be concerned that China’s innovative capacities will overtake us? And what really motivates innovators to innovate, anyway? Matt Ridley recently joined me for an AEI webinar to discuss these questions, and I’m happy to present our conversation to you all in podcast form. Matt is the award-winning and bestselling author of numerous books, including “The Evolution of Everything” and “The Rational Optimist”. Since 2013, Matt has also been a member of the House of Lords. His new book is “How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom”. You can also check out the transcript of this podcast here.