Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded to Tel Aviv University Economist
Joel Mokyr, a Tel Aviv University scientist and dual citizen of Israel and the United States, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Mokyr shares the prize with Philippe Aghion of the College de France and the INSEAD business school, and Peter Howitt, a professor emeritus of economics at Brown University.
society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded half the $1.1 million prize to Mokyr and the other half to be split between Aghion and Howitt.
Mokyr's work focuses on economics and economic growth theory, earning him a place among the elite in his field.
Author's summary: Economist Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize.