Nobel in Economics Is a Tribute to Cultural Entrepreneurs
American-Israeli professor Joel Mokyr speaks during a news conference after being awarded with the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 13, 2025. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences this year goes to Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University, Philippe Aghion of Collège de France, and Peter Howitt of Brown University. It has been given for their scholarship showing the link between technological innovation and economic growth.
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
