Matt Ridley

Britain needs to rediscover failure if it wants to prosper

We should have the courage to take risks on new ventures that may not guarantee a return

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Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley is the author of How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom (2020), and co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 (2021)

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