Joan Robinson, in Preface to the Second Edition of An Essay on Marxian Economics (1966), p. vi.
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I began to read Capital, just as one reads any book, to see what was in it; I found a great deal that neither its followers nor its opponents had prepared me to expect.
— Joan Robinson on Karl Marx
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About Joan Robinson
Joan Robinson FBA (30 October 1903 – 5 August 1983) was a British post-Keynesian economist who made many contributions to economic theory.
About Joan Robinson
Joan Robinson FBA (30 October 1903 – 5 August 1983) was a British post-Keynesian economist who made many contributions to economic theory.
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