Matt Ridley is a journalist, businessman and author who is best known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics.

His new book, 'How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom' discusses how we should see innovation as an incremental process that happens as a direct result of the human habit of exchange.

He joined Bobby to discuss.

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