Joel Mokyr
Prize lecture
The Past and Future of Innovation: Can Progress be sustained?
Joel Mokyr delivered his Prize lecture on 8 December 2025 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Kerstin Enflo, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
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