The End of an Era: Joan Robinson (1903–83) and Piero Sraffa (1898–1983)

Geoffrey Harcourt

Chapter 9 in Post-Keynesian Essays in Biography, 1993, pp 119-121 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The death of Joan Robinson on 5 August and of Piero Sraffa on 3 September 1983, marks the end of an era in Cambridge economics and, indeed, in economics itself. Both were associated with major upheavals in economic theory in the twentieth century; both made major contributions, not only through their devastating criticism of orthodoxy but also by providing solid foundations for alternative, more fruitful approaches in economic theory. Their contributions are related to those of four other great economists — Ricardo, Marx, Marshall, and Keynes. In addition, Kalecki was an important influence on Joan Robinson and Maurice Dobb was an indispensable collaborator of Piero Sraffa’s. Of their other contemporaries, Richard Kahn as critic and guide was essential to Joan Robinson and Kahn himself mentions Sraffa as his oldest friend.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12826-6_9

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