20 Facts About Joan Robinson

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Joan Violet Robinson was a British economist well known for her wide-ranging contributions to economic theory.

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Joan Robinson was a central figure in what became known as post-Keynesian economics.

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Joan Robinson Maurice was born in 1903, a year after her father's return from Africa.

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Joan Robinson was a frequent visitor to Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India.

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Joan Robinson was a visiting fellow at the Centre in the mid-1970s.

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Joan Robinson instituted an endowment fund to support public lectures at the centre.

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Joan Robinson was a frequent visitor to the centre until January 1982 and participated in all activities of the centre and especially student seminars.

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8.

Professor Joan Robinson donated royalties of two of her books to CDS.

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Joan Robinson made several trips to China, reporting her observations and analyses in China: An Economic Perspective, The Cultural Revolution in China, and Economic Management in China, in which she praised the Cultural Revolution.

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Joan Robinson slept in a small unheated hut at the bottom of garden all year round.

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Joan Robinson studied economics at Girton College, Cambridge, and immediately after graduation in 1925, she married the economist Austin Robinson.

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Joan Robinson joined the British Academy in 1958 and was elected a fellow of Newnham College in 1962.

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In 1933, her book The Economics of Imperfect Competition, Joan Robinson coined the term "monopsony," which is used to describe the buyer converse of a seller monopoly.

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Joan Robinson used monopsony to describe the wage gap between women and men workers of equal productivity.

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In 1956, Joan Robinson published her magnum opus, The Accumulation of Capital, which extended Keynesianism into the long run.

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Joan Robinson was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1964.

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In 1984, Joan Robinson was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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Joan Robinson suggested developing an alternative to the revival of classical economics.

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Joan Robinson influenced Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which altered his approach towards economic policies.

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Joan Robinson's father was Frederick Maurice, her mother was Margaret Helen Marsh.