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Joel Mokyr is awarded half of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having identified

2025 Nobel Prizes — Joel Mokyr is awarded half of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress", w

Published October 13, 2025· Updated October 28, 2026·1 min read

Context: 2025 Nobel Prizes.

Joel Mokyr is awarded half of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress", with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt sharing the other half for "the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction". [https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/13/business/nobel-prize-economics-winner-2025-intl (CNN)] [https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/press-release/ (Nobel Prize)]

Event summary via Wikipedia Current Events (2025-10-13).