Reminiscences of Joan Robinson

John Chipman

Chapter 38 in Joan Robinson and Modern Economic Theory, 1989, pp 868-869 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As an undergraduate at McGill University I was privileged to be guided by my professors B. S. Keirstead and Benjamin Higgins through a rich fare of classics such as Böhm-Bawerk’s Positive Theory of Capital, Hayek’s Pure Theory of Capital, Hicks’ Value and Capital, Lerner’s Economics of Control, Marshall’s Principles of Economics, Chamberlin’s Monopolistic Competition, Robinson’s Imperfect Competition and Introduction to the Theory of Employment, Keynes’s General Theory, Haberler’s Prosperity and Depression, and Hansen’s Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles. To me it was all a wonderful discovery that gave me a lifelong love of economic analysis. The two works by Joan Robinson, particularly the The Economics of Imperfect Competition, made a deep impression on me. I was fascinated by the tools of marginal analysis, and awed by the brilliance and depth of the work — most especially the ‘Digression on Rent’.

Keywords: Business Cycle; Imperfect Competition; Positive Theory; Marginal Analysis; Deep Impression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08633-7_38

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