Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University thinks that AI can help humanity be more prosperous. Institutions and politics just ...

Northwestern University’s Joel Mokyr says technology can help spur economic growth — if institutions can adapt alongside that ...

October 13, 2025, was an exciting day for Joel Mokyr, who received the news of a lifetime: He had just been announced as the ...

One leg hanging over the arm of his chair, Prof. Joel Mokyr wore a bright blue button-down and a leather jacket, a can of ...

Professor Philippe Aghion has been awarded the Nobel Prize for studies showing how technological progress has led to ...

Research conducted by the recent Nobel laureates in economics suggests that Nvidia will not remain the largest publicly ...

Joel Mokyr, an economic historian who grew up in Israel, says news that he won Nobel Prize in Economics stunned him; credits ...

Nobel winner Joel Mokyr once served as Beloit College’s Upton Scholar, marking a major moment for the campus forum.

Don’t get spooked by innovation. Whatever short-term disruptions are entailed, keep your eye on the longer-term public good.

The 2025 Nobel prize in Economics honors Mokyr, Aghion, and Howitt for explaining how innovation drives growth—and warns that ...

This year’s Nobel Prize for economics is unusually pertinent. It honors three scholars who, in different ways, have tried to understand why innovation happens and how it promotes economic growth.

China, and not Americans, or other westerners, deserved the Nobel Prize (economics) in 2025. Before we venture into this ...