Economic Sciences

Interview

Interview with the 2025 laureate in economic sciences Joel Mokyr on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How were you as a child?  Joel Mokyr: My childhood really is divided into two parts. The first nine years I lived in the Netherlands in a town called Utrecht in the centre of the…

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Interview

Interview with the 2024 economic sciences laureate James A. Robinson, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How did your upbringing shape you?  James A. Robinson: I think my upbringing probably did shape me, although it’s hard to unpack it. My father was an itinerant engineer who actually started off working…

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Interview

Interview with the 2024 economic sciences laureate Simon Johnson, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What was your childhood like and how did it shape you?  Simon Johnson: I grew up in Sheffield in the north of England. I come from a family that has been in Sheffield for a…

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Prize presentation

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Joel Mokyr receiving his prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

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Prize presentation

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Philippe Aghion receiving his prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

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Prize presentation

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Peter Howitt receiving his prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

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Banquet speech

Joel Mokyr’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2025 Your Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellences,Dear laureates,Ladies and gentlemen! On behalf of my co-winners and friends, of the Collège de France and of Brown University, I would like to thank the Nobel Foundation, the  Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) and the Central Bank of Sweden…

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