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The 2025 Nobel economics prize honours economic creation and destruction

  • Written by John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
The 2025 Nobel economics prize honours economic creation and destructionEconomists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt.Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach

Three economists working in the area of “innovation-driven economic growth” have won this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Half of the 11 million Swedish kronor (about A$1.8 million) prize was awarded to Joel...

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