Author: Matt Ridley

Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011. Life is on the up. We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kin...

Ridley is spot-on when it comes to the vital ingredients for success Sir James Dyson Building on his bestseller T...

Almost every schoolchild learns that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. But did he? And if he hadnt invented it, would we be still living in th...

Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind. Determining wh...

If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a plann...

We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author Matt Ridley shows just how wrong this is in his compelling new book. W...

Its just a brute fact that we dont throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We dont execute people for shoplifting a cabbage. And we used to. Steve...