“Dream of a Lifetime”: Canadian Economist Howitt Among Nobel Winners in Economics

Professor John Hassler (L-R), Hans Ellegren, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences and Professor Kerstin Enflo, announce Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt as the recipients the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 13, 2025. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP

Canadian economist Peter Howitt is among a group of three researchers who won this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in economics.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday that Howitt, along with Dutch-born Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion of France, received the prize for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth.”