Joel Mokyr is an American and Israeli economic historian and the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. He is also a senior adjunct professor at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University. He was awarded half a share of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2025 "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress." The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025, announced October 13, 2025. Joel Mokyr (1/2), “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress”. Philippe Aghion (1/4), “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction”. Peter Howitt (1/4), “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction”. Joel Mokyr: born 1946, Leiden, the Netherlands. Philippe Aghion: born 1956, Paris, France. Peter Howitt: born 1946, Canada. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Howitt_(economist) Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).