 Joan Robinson, 1903–1983Chapter 6 in 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays, 2001, pp 91-113 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract It is now over a decade since Joan Robinson died in Cambridge on 3 August 1983. Though there have been volumes of essays, articles, including issues of journals, and at least one book devoted to an evaluation of her contributions, no obituary article of Joan Robinson has been published in this Journal.1 In one sense this is shameful, but it does offer an opportunity for a longer-term perspective to be taken on her influence and achievements. Just before she died Harvey Gram and Vivian Walsh (1983) published in the Journal of Economic Literature a judicious evaluation of Joan Robinson’s impact on the profession, based on her six volumes of collected papers (Robinson, 1951–79, Collected Economic Papers (C.E.P.) (one of which was the index compiled by Prue Kerr and Murray Milgate in language and with wit which must have delighted the author). Gram and Walsh’s conclusions have stood the test of time but developments in the subject since then allow us now to reinforce their view that she had made lasting contributions, despite her own distress and near nihilism in the last years of her life. Keywords: Economic Journal; Imperfect Competition; Monetary Theory; Cambridge Journal; Demand Approach (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52331-9_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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