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The u. N. His bio is Available Online so let me be very brief in introducing him. Mark has more than 30 years of experience in both humanitarian and development context. Most of it spent with the u. K. s department for international development, which he eventually led as permanent secretary. He had led their humanitarian responses to such context as iraq, syria, nepal, several cases in africa, and haiti. He was also their directorgeneral for policy and corporate performance and finance. An extraordinary wealth of experience both in the context working where operations occur and on the infrastructure that helps to manage them. So were delighted to have sir mark with us today. Mark, there are innumerable humanitarian crises under way right now and at large scale. I know you Just Launched the u. N. s consolidated humanitarian appeal for the funding to support that effort. But today we want to focus on covid. And what the pandemic has meant for the crises that you helped to manage and for
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Its great to be with. I noticed from doing podcasts we are going to read a few sentences i will probably gather from your book and the first question, you write in the book, innovation is most important on the modern world but the least understood. Its the reason most people say prosperity and wisdom prepare for their ancestors. The main ingredient in freedom to exchange, experiment and fail liberals have argued that freedom mean needs prosperity bi would argue theyve never found the chain by which one causes the other. Innovation is the driving change, the missing link. If a child of freedom and parent of prosperity. The theres a growing belief since the Apollo Space Program and the innovation from this part of central planners in the industrial policy. People exchanging the ideas freely yes we are experiencing innovation also a care in the western world there are areas we havent been able to get enough innovation and the pandemic has reminded us of that. We havent been able to as muc
Matt innovation is one of the least understood. Is the reason most people say, live in prosperity and wisdom. In the main ingredient in the secret sauce in these innovations is freedom. Freedom to exchange experiment in imagine invest in fail. Liberals have argued that from the 18th century that freedom means prosperity but i would argue if never found the neck mechanism to drive change in which one causes the other pretty innovation is that drug chain, the missing link. Innovation is a child of freedom and the parent of prosperity. Matt, you think you have written a contrarian book in 2020. There seems to be a growing belief. Living standards have been stagnant for decades, both only helps the elites rated and innovation comes from smart planners implementing industrial policy carefully chosen sectors. Matt this is a contrarian book. It is because i said that innovation is the product of free people exchanging ideas freely. And yes we are experiencing innovation although, i do argue f