Joel Mokyr

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Joel Mokyr

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Joel Mokyr
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025

Born: 26 July 1946, Leiden, the Netherlands

Affiliation at the time of the award: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Prize motivation: “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress”

Prize share: 1/2

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