A Quote by Joan Robinson

When I came up to Cambridge (in October 1921) to read economics, I did not have much idea of what it was about.

Joan Robinson

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Joan Robinson
British - Economist
October 31, 1903 - August 5, 1983

In 1922, I got a small stipend from the Swedish-American Foundation and went to Cambridge, England, for a few months and thereafter to Harvard University. In the summer, Cambridge was rather empty, but I am grateful for many pleasant talks about economics with Austin Robinson who, in the summer of 1922, seemed to be about as lonely as I was.

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