Joan Robinson

Joan Robinson
Robinson in 1973
Born
Joan Violet Maurice

(1903-10-31)31 October 1903
Surrey, England
Died5 August 1983(1983-08-05) (aged 79)
Cambridge, England
Academic career
FieldMonetary economics
School or
tradition
Post-Keynesian economics
InfluencesAdam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Piero Sraffa, Michał Kalecki
ContributionsJoan Robinson's growth model
Amoroso–Robinson relation
Monopsony theory

Joan Violet Robinson FBA (née Maurice; 31 October 1903 – 5 August 1983) was a British economist known for her wide-ranging contributions to economic theory. One of the most prominent economists of the century, Robinson incarnated the "Cambridge School" in most of its guises in the 20th century. She started out as a Marshallian, became one of the earliest and most ardent Keynesians after 1936, and ended up as a leader of the neo-Ricardian and post-Keynesian schools.