Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have been awarded this year鈥檚 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
The three are sharing 11 million Swedish kronor, over a million dollars, after being recognised for their work in the area of 鈥渋nnovation-driven economic growth鈥�. But why does this area matter and what did the three economists actually do? Presenter Tim Harford explains it all.
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Presenter: Lizzy McNeill
Reporter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound engineer: Donald MacDonald
Editor: Richard Vadon
(Image credit: Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
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