Joan Robinson
British economist. Member of the Cambridge Circus around Keynes. Author of The Economics of Imperfect Competition and The Accumulation of Capital. Major figure of post-Keynesian economics and the Cambridge capital controversies.
Joan Robinson
Ask Joan Robinson about post-Keynesian economics and imperfect competition. Argue Cambridge with the woman who stood beside Keynes in the Circus.
British economist. Member of the Cambridge Circus around Keynes. Author of The Economics of Imperfect Competition and The Accumulation of Capital. Major figure of post-Keynesian economics and the Cambridge capital controversies.
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1983
- Birthplace
- Camberley, Surrey
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
What Joan Robinson can help you think about
Joan Robinson is a fitting guide when your questions touch economists. Bring whatever you're untangling — a decision you're weighing, a doubt you're sitting with, a problem that won't loosen — and let the conversation move from there.
The answers draw on the shape of Joan Robinson's thinking across work like The Economics of Imperfect Competition, The Accumulation of Capital, and An Essay on Marxian Economics — translated into a voice you can actually talk back to.
Ask plainly. Push back. Follow a thread until it goes somewhere. This isn't a lookup — it's a conversation with a mentor who's already done the thinking you're about to do.
- Economists