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Book SynopsisJoan Robinson (1903-1983) was one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century and a fearless critic of free-market capitalism. A major figure in the controversial âCambridge Schoolâ of economics in the post-war period, she made fundamental contributions to the economics of international trade and development.
In Economic Philosophy Robinson looks behind the curtain of economics to reveal a constant battle between economics as a science and economics as ideology, which she argued was integral to economics. In her customary vivid and pellucid style, she criticizes early economists Adam Smith and David Ricardo, and neo-classical economists Alfred Marshall, Stanley Jevons and Leon Walras, over the question of value. She shows that what they respectively considered to be the generators of value - labour-time, marginal utility or preferences - are not scientific but âmetaphysicalâ, and that it is frequently in ideology, not science, that we find the reason for the re
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"Not just a great woman economist, Joan Robinson was a brilliant public intellectual – something rarely produced by contemporary British economics." - The Guardian
"One of the greatest economic theorists of our time—and probably the greatest woman economist ever." - The New York Times
Table of ContentsForeword to the Routledge Classics Edition Sheila Dow 1. Metaphysics, Morals and Science 2. The Classics: Value 3. The Neo-Classics: Utility 4. The Keynesian Revolution 5. Development and Under-Development 6. What are the Rules of the Game? Index
