Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin
Joel Mokyr
Prize share: 1/2
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin
Philippe Aghion
Prize share: 1/4
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin
Peter Howitt
Prize share: 1/4
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress" and the other half jointly to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction"
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and international law.
See them all presented here.
