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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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“Income from property is not the reward of waiting, it is the reward of employing a good stockbroker.”

Waiting Property Rewards Income Employing Stockbrokers

Book:Collected economic papers

Source: Collected economic papers

“Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done.”

Done Economics Method Income Saving Distribution

Book:Essay on Marxian Economics

Source: Essay on Marxian Economics

“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