Joan Robinson and the Economics Profession

Geoffrey Harcourt

Chapter 16 in 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays, 2001, pp 209-218 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The three volumes under review are about the life and contributions of Joan Robinson. Of Joan Robinson and the Americans, the author, Marjorie Turner, tells us, candidly and immediately, that Joan Robinson did not think the book could be written because it would be hard for ‘someone … brought up in modern American economics [to understand her] intellectual development’ (xiii). In a sense this is true — Americans (and Australians!) really do find it hard, perhaps impossible, to understand the nuances of the British way of life, especially the way of life of those earlier generations in the Ancient Universities. Yet, as I argue below, I am glad that Marjorie Turner persevered with the project.

Keywords: Imperfect Competition; Neoclassical Theory; Economic Profession; Modern Economic Theory; Scholastic Tradition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523319_16

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