The Provocative Joan Robinson: The Making of a Cambridge Economist

by Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822345382
• ISBN13: 9780822345381
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"