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Reminiscences of Joan Robinson

In: Joan Robinson and Modern Economic Theory

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  • John S. Chipman

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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’.

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  • John S. Chipman, 1989. "Reminiscences of Joan Robinson," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: George R. Feiwel (ed.), Joan Robinson and Modern Economic Theory, chapter 38, pages 868-869, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-08633-7_38
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08633-7_38
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    1. Alex Millmow, 2003. "Joan Robinson's disillusion with economics," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(4), pages 561-574.

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