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Robinson, Joan Violet (1903–1983)

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Joan Robinson (née Maurice) was born at Camberley, Surrey, on 31 October 1903. She died in Cambridge on 5 August 1983.

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Bibliographic Addendum

  • Essay collections on Robinson’s contributions to economics include B. Gibson, ed., Joan Robinson’s Economics: A Centennial Celebration, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2005, and G.C. Harcourt, ed., Joan Robinson: Critical Assessments of Leading Economists, London: Routledge, 2002. A combination of biography and bibliography of Robinson’s work is J. Cicarelli and J. Cicarelli, Joan Robinson: A Bio-Bibliography, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.

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Pasinetti, L.L. (2018). Robinson, Joan Violet (1903–1983). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1784

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