Joel Mokyr — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded half a share of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2025 for identifying prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress.
Serves as the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University.
Holds the position of Sackler Professorial Fellow at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.
Author of 'A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy' (2016).
Served as President of the Economic History Association from 2002 to 2003.
Editor-in-chief of the Princeton Economic History of the Western World book series.
Received a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1974.

Biography

Joel Michael Mokyr is an American and Israeli economic historian, recognized as the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. He also holds the position of Sackler Professorial Fellow at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University. In 2025, he was awarded half a share of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his significant contributions in identifying the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress.