Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt, and Joel Mokyr have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the prize for having explained innovation-driven economic growth, where new products and production methods replace old ones in a never-ending cycle.
Their research emphasized the critical role of economic institutions in determining the impact of new innovations and provided insights on the dynamics of creative destruction. Aghion is a professor at the College de France and INSEAD, and was an NBER research associate for over a decade.
Author's summary: Economists awarded Nobel Prize for innovation-driven growth research.