Joan Robinson
A prominent Post-Keynesian economist who contributed to theories of imperfect competition and capital accumulation.
Quotes by Joan Robinson
The purpose of economic theory is to clarify, not to confuse.
The most important thing in economics is to be willing to change your mind.
The only way to make economics rigorous is to make it empirical.
The purpose of economics is to improve human welfare.
The most important thing in economics is to be aware of your own biases.
The only way to make economics ethical is to make it concerned with justice.
The purpose of economics is to understand the causes of poverty and prosperity.
The most important thing in economics is to be skeptical of grand theories.
The only way to make economics humane is to make it about people.
The purpose of economics is to help us make better decisions.
The most important thing in economics is to be aware of the limitations of our knowledge.
Whatever you can rightly say about anything, you can say it in economics.
Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than it ever was. In Economics we should be forever learning and unlearning.
The main enemies of the open society, I thought, were those who tried to impose their own will on the rest of us.
One of the chief reasons for the fruitlessness of our economic debates is that we are all talking about different things.
The paradox of the modern world is that we are richer than ever before, but less happy.
Capitalism is not a system of economic organization; it is a system of social organization.
The theory of value is the cornerstone of economic thought.
In economics, we pretend to honor the past but in fact we are enslaved by it.
The greatest danger to liberty is not revolution, but the slow encroachment of bureaucracy.