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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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“There is no such thing as a normal period of history. Normality is a fiction of economic textbooks.”

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Book:Contributions to Modern Economics

Source: Contributions to Modern Economics

“Economic theorists should not make such a production about taking a rabbit out of a hat after having put the rabbit into the hat in full view of the audience.”

Should Views Audience Economic Productions Hats Economist Rabbits Theorists

Author:Joan Robinson

“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.”

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Author:Joan Robinson

“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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Author:Joan Robinson