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Joan Robinson was a British economist renowned for her work on imperfect competition theory and labor theory of value. Her contributions have had a profound impact on the development of economics.

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Famous Joan Robinson Quotes

“Marxism is the opium of the Marxists.”

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“The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.”

Study Economics Economist Fooled Studying Economics

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“The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.”

Capitalism Economics

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“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.”

Made Purpose Answers Learning Study Economic Ready Economics Acquire Deceit Avoiding Economist Deceived Smart Women Being Deceived Studying Economics

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“Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.”

Opposites India

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“If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered.”

Ifs Stills Law Class Remains Income Distribution Governing

Book:Essay on Marxian Economics

Source: Essay on Marxian Economics

“It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa.”

Investment Rate Vices Saving Vice Versa

Book:Essay on Marxian Economics

Source: Essay on Marxian Economics

“The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.”

Misery Capitalist

Book:Economic philosophy

Source: Economic philosophy

“I came away from the talk with the perception that the risk of adverse side effects is so much greater than the risk of cervical cancer, I couldn’t help but question why we need the vaccine at all.”

Needs Helping Sides Greater Risk Effects Perception Cancer Vaccines Adverse Side Effects Cervical Cancer

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“It's a terrible thing to be a worker exploited in the capitalist system. The only worse thing is to be a worker unable to find anyone to exploit you.”

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“It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord with proper principles.”

Shows Business Principles Economist Accord

Book:Economic philosophy

Source: Economic philosophy

About the Author

Born: October 31, 1903
Died: August 5, 1983
Known for: Economist
Quotes: 61

Books & Sources

Economic philosophyRelated source material

Contributions to Modern EconomicsRelated source material

Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theoryRelated source material

Essay on Marxian EconomicsRelated source material

The Second Crisis of Economic Theory: And Other Selected Papers from the American Economic Meeting, December 27-29, 1971Related source material

After Keynes: Papers Presented to Section F (Economics) at the 1972 Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of ScienceRelated source material

Collected economic papersRelated source material

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