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“In some ways technology is a great equaliser both within countries and between countries.” Watch this year’s economic science laureate Joel Mokyr talk about the impact of technology, in particular mobile phones, at our Nobel Prize Dialogue event from 2015. Mokyr was awarded the 2025 prize in economic sciences...

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