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Joan Robinson and the Economics Profession

In: 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays

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  • G. C. Harcourt

    (Jesus College
    University of Adelaide)

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The three volumes under review are about the life and contributions of Joan Robinson. Of Joan Robinson and the Americans, the author, Marjorie Turner, tells us, candidly and immediately, that Joan Robinson did not think the book could be written because it would be hard for ‘someone … brought up in modern American economics [to understand her] intellectual development’ (xiii). In a sense this is true — Americans (and Australians!) really do find it hard, perhaps impossible, to understand the nuances of the British way of life, especially the way of life of those earlier generations in the Ancient Universities. Yet, as I argue below, I am glad that Marjorie Turner persevered with the project.

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  • G. C. Harcourt, 2001. "Joan Robinson and the Economics Profession," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays, chapter 16, pages 209-218, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52331-9_16
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230523319_16
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