One of the most original and prolific economists of the twentieth
century, Joan Robinson (1903-83) is widely regarded as the most
important woman in the history of economic thought. Robinson
studied economics at Cambridge University, where she made a career
that lasted some fifty years. She was an unlikely candidate for
success at Cambridge. A young woman in 1930 in a university
dominated by men, she succeeded despite not having a remarkable
academic record, a college fellowship, significant publications, or
a powerful patron. In "The Provocative Joan Robinson," Nahid
Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes trace the strategies and tactics Robinson
used to create her professional identity as a Cambridge economist
in the 1930s, examining how she recruited mentors and advocates,
carefully defined her objectives, and deftly pursued and exploited
opportunities.
Aslanbeigui and Oakes demonstrate that Robinson's professional
identity was thoroughly embedded in a local scientific culture in
which the Cambridge economists A. C. Pigou, John Maynard Keynes,
Dennis Robertson, Piero Sraffa, Richard Kahn (Robinson's closest
friend on the Cambridge faculty), and her husband Austin Robinson
were important figures. Although the economists Joan Robinson most
admired--Pigou, Keynes, and their mentor Alfred Marshall--had
discovered ideas of singular greatness, she was convinced that each
had failed to grasp the essential theoretical significance of his
own work. She made it her mission to recast their work both to
illuminate their major contributions and to redefine a Cambridge
tradition of economic thought. Based on the extensive
correspondence of Robinson and her colleagues, "The Provocative
Joan Robinson" is the story of a remarkable woman, the intellectual
and social world of a legendary group of economists, and the
interplay between ideas, ambitions, and disciplinary
communities.
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