Nobel Prize

Interview, December 2025 Interview with the 2025 laureate in economic sciences Joel Mokyr on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Joel Mokyr answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): How were you as a child? Was there a particular teacher that influenced you? What do you…

Watch the announcement of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 presented by professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 13 October 2025. Interview about the awarded work “The prize helps us understand the good news of technological change and potential threats” Kerstin…

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From stagnation to sustained growth Over the past 200 years, the world has witnessed more economic growth than ever before. Its foundation is the constant flow of technological innovation; sustained economic growth occurs when new technologies replace old ones as part of the process known as creative destruction. This year’s laureates in economic sciences explain,…

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Swedish 13 oktober 2025 har beslutat utdela Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne 2025 till Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion och Peter Howitt ”för att ha förklarat innovationsdriven ekonomisk tillväxt” med ena hälften till Joel MokyrNorthwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Israel ”för att ha…

English 13 October 2025 has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Joel MokyrNorthwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Israel “for…

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