Pop-up college Nobelprijs in de Economie 2025
(Dit evenement is in het Engels)
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded to Joel Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction”.
In a pop-up lecture on Thursday 6 November from 11.00-12.00 am., Professor Charles van Marrewijk of the Utrecht ľϸӰ School of Economics (U.S.E.) will reflect on the academic work of the 2025 Nobel laureates.
There will of course be room for discussion and questions during this pop-up lecture.
Please note: students and employees of Utrecht ľϸӰ are very welcome to join
How new technology can drive sustained growth
Over the last two centuries, for the first time in history, the world has seen sustained economic growth. This has lifted vast numbers of people out of poverty and laid the foundation of our prosperity. This year’s laureates in the Economic Sciences, Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
Technology advances rapidly and affects us all, with new products and production methods replacing old ones in a never-ending cycle. This is the basis for sustained economic growth, which results in a better standard of living, health and quality of life for people around the globe.
However, this was not always the case. Quite the opposite – stagnation was the norm throughout most of human history. Despite important discoveries now and again, which sometimes led to improved living conditions and higher incomes, growth always eventually levelled off.
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- Adam Smith Hall, 1.17 (International Campus)