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Book SynopsisA biography of the most important woman in the history of economic thought.
Trade Review"This is a remarkable book. It is the first attempt of which I am aware to deal with the complexity of Joan Robinson's contributions to Cambridge economics in the 1930s. Robinson is an iconic figure, and a series of legends-mostly created by Robinson herself in a complex process of personality and career formation-makes such a historical reconstruction necessary. 'Necessary' is the right word, since the entire history of what is now called macroeconomics, and a number of elements of the history of neoclassical economics in the pre-Second World War period, have been told from the perspective of Cambridge, England, by individuals engaged in defending the Cambridge tradition." -- E. Roy Weintraub, author of How Economics Became a Mathematical Science "The Provocative Joan Robinson is an engaging, insightful, and highly original treatment of a significant figure and community in the history of economics." -- Steven G. Medema, author of The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Collage with Woman in Foreground 1
1. The Improbable Theoretician 17
Excursus: Robinson and Kahn 51
2. The Making of
The Economics of Imperfect Competition 89
3. Becoming a Keynesian 161
"Who Is Joan Robinson?" 235
Notes 247
Bibliography 279
Index 295
