Dutch-born, Israeli raised, US Professor Joel Mokyr has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics together with two other economists, for showing how useful knowledge, mechanical competence and institutions conducive to technological progress has led to sustained economic growth.

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-870390

https://www.jns.org/tel-aviv-university-economist-among-3-nobel-prize-laureates/