Coverage dated October 12, 2025

Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth

Headline from The Hill

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ones, a key economic concept known as “creative destruction.”

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19 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Guardian

    Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth (opens The Guardian)

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    Joel Mokyr has warned of ‘dark clouds’ amid Trump tariffs, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have written about role of ‘creative destruction’

  2. The Hill

    Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth (opens The Hill)

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    Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ones, a key economic concept known as “creative destruction.”

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Nobel economics prize awarded for innovation-growth theory – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The award went to three researchers from the United States, Canada and France for explaining how technological progress leads to prosperity.

  4. UPI

    Nobel Prize in economics to be split by 3 for work on innovation (opens UPI)

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    Three economists will split the Nobel Prize in economic sciences for their work on economic growth through innovation and technological progress.

  5. NPR

    Experts on tech innovations' impacts on standards of living earn economics Nobel (opens NPR)

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    The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded today two three professors -- two in the U.S. and one in Europe -- for their research on how technology and "creative destruction" fuels economic growth.

  6. The Boston Globe

    Brown professor, former Harvard professor among trio awarded Nobel Prize in economics (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt were awarded the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth.”

  7. NPR

    3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction (opens NPR)

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    Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.

  8. NPR

    Three researchers win Nobel Prize in economics (opens NPR)

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    Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday

  9. Al Jazeera

    Trio to share economics Nobel for work on innovation-driven growth (opens Al Jazeera)

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    ‘False Nobel’ recognises work ‘explaining innovation-driven economic growth’.

  10. CNN

    Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt for explaining ‘innovation-driven’ growth (opens CNN)

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    Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Monday.

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