The Provocative Joan Robinson

The Provocative Joan Robinson
Author :
Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 315
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780822391081
ISBN-13 : 0822391082
Rating : 4/5 (082 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Provocative Joan Robinson by : Nahid Aslanbeigui

Download or read book The Provocative Joan Robinson written by Nahid Aslanbeigui and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most original and prolific economists of the twentieth century, Joan Robinson (1903–83) is widely regarded as the most important woman in the history of economic thought. Robinson studied economics at Cambridge University, where she made a career that lasted some fifty years. She was an unlikely candidate for success at Cambridge. A young woman in 1930 in a university dominated by men, she succeeded despite not having a remarkable academic record, a college fellowship, significant publications, or a powerful patron. In The Provocative Joan Robinson, Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes trace the strategies and tactics Robinson used to create her professional identity as a Cambridge economist in the 1930s, examining how she recruited mentors and advocates, carefully defined her objectives, and deftly pursued and exploited opportunities. Aslanbeigui and Oakes demonstrate that Robinson’s professional identity was thoroughly embedded in a local scientific culture in which the Cambridge economists A. C. Pigou, John Maynard Keynes, Dennis Robertson, Piero Sraffa, Richard Kahn (Robinson’s closest friend on the Cambridge faculty), and her husband Austin Robinson were important figures. Although the economists Joan Robinson most admired—Pigou, Keynes, and their mentor Alfred Marshall—had discovered ideas of singular greatness, she was convinced that each had failed to grasp the essential theoretical significance of his own work. She made it her mission to recast their work both to illuminate their major contributions and to redefine a Cambridge tradition of economic thought. Based on the extensive correspondence of Robinson and her colleagues, The Provocative Joan Robinson is the story of a remarkable woman, the intellectual and social world of a legendary group of economists, and the interplay between ideas, ambitions, and disciplinary communities.


The Provocative Joan Robinson Related Books

The Provocative Joan Robinson
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Nahid Aslanbeigui
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-22 - Publisher: Duke University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

One of the most original and prolific economists of the twentieth century, Joan Robinson (1903–83) is widely regarded as the most important woman in the histo
Economic Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 116
Authors: Joan Robinson
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-28 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Joan Robinson (1903-1983) was one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century and a fearless critic of free-market capitalism. A major figure in the con
Joan Robinson
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Prue Kerr
Categories: Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Economics of Joan Robinson
Language: en
Pages: 375
Authors: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-12 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Joan Robinson is widely regarded as the greatest female economist. Her published work spanned six decades and is analysed here by a distinguished, international
The Economics of Imperfect Competition
Language: en
Pages: 359
Authors: Joan Robinson
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1969-07-01 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK