voprecotestВопросы экономикиVoprosy Ekonomiki0042-8736Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP10.32609/0042-8736-2026-1-5-22voprecotest-5774Research ArticleВОПРОСЫ ТЕОРИИISSUES OF THEORYИсточники устойчивого роста (Нобелевская премия по экономике 2025 года)The sources of sustainable growth (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2025)https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6634-2159ВеселовД. А.VeselovDmitry A.

Веселов Дмитрий Александрович, к. э. н., Ph.D., ст. н. с. Международной лаборатории макроэкономического анализа, доцент департамента теоретической экономики

Москва

Moscow

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В 2025 г. Нобелевская премия по экономике присуждена Филиппу Агьону, Питеру Ховитту и Джоэлю Мокиру за исследования в области экономического роста, вызванного инновациями. Отмечены вклад Мокира в определение условий современного экономического роста и разработка модели шумпетерианского роста (модели созидательного разрушения) Агьоном и Ховиттом. Обсуждается вклад лауреатов в понимание глубоких причин современного экономического роста. Предложен обзор результатов их работ, включая развитие эндогенной теории роста, а также анализ причин существенного роста уровня жизни и вызвавших его технологических, институциональных и культурных изменений.

The 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt, and Joel Mokyr for their research on innovationdriven economic growth. One half of prize was devoted to Joel Mokyr for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress and the other half jointly to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for the model of sustained growth through creative destruction. The paper discusses theoretical contribution of the laureates in understanding the deep sources of modern economic growth. It also provides the short survey of the results of their research in areas of endogenous growth theory, understanding the Great Enrichment phenomenon, technological, institutional and cultural change. 

нобелевская премия по экономикеэндогенная теория ростасозидательное разрушениеиндустриальная революциятехнологические измененияэкономический росттехнологическая креативностьNobel Prize in Economicscreative destructionendogenous growth theoryindustrial revolutiontechnological changeseconomic growthtechnological creativityИсследование осуществлено в рамках Программы фундаментальных исследований НИУ ВШЭThe article was prepared within the framework of the HSE University Basic Research Program.ReferencesКейнс Дж. М. (2009). Экономические возможности наших внуков (послесловие Д. Шестакова) // Вопросы экономики. № 6. С. 60—69. https://doi.org/10.32609/00428736-2009-6-60-69Keynes J. M. (2009). Economic possibilities for our grandchildren (Afterword by D. Shestakov). Voprosy Ekonomiki, No. 6, pp. 60—69. (In Russian).] https://doi.org/10.32609/00428736-2009-6-60-69Полтерович В. М. (2018а). К общей теории социально-экономического развития. Часть 1. 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