https://www.scmp.com/rss/524104/feed The latest news and top stories on Philippe Aghion. He is a French economist, Professor at Collège de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Andrew Sheng Andrew Sheng Last week, two economists and one economic historian were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for explaining innovation-driven economic growth. Northwestern University professor Joel Mokyr was commended “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and French economist Philippe Aghion and Brown University’s Peter Howitt were jointly honoured “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction”. It was noble (no pun intended) of the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3330102/amid-us-china-rivalry-nobel-prize-winners-oeuvre-offers-food-thought?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3330102/amid-us-china-rivalry-nobel-prize-winners-oeuvre-offers-food-thought?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:30:08 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words Living in Southeast Asia, I often see how discussions about energy security focus on oil or gas pipelines. But increasingly, the real story is elsewhere: in the quiet revolution of batteries. The ability to store energy – reliably, cheaply and at scale – will define which nations... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3329871/asia-cant-sit-back-china-wins-next-gen-battery-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3329871/asia-cant-sit-back-china-wins-next-gen-battery-race?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics on Monday for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth” including the key principle of creative destruction. The winners represent contrasting but complementary approaches to economics. Mokyr is an economic historian who delved into long-term trends using historical sources, while Howitt and Aghion relied on mathematics to explain how creative destruction works. Dutch-born Mokyr, 79, is from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3328823/mokyr-aghion-howitt-win-2025-nobel-economics-prize?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3328823/mokyr-aghion-howitt-win-2025-nobel-economics-prize?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:54:38 +0000