Joan Robinson Quotes about Economics

The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.

The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.

Economics, Capitalism

The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.

Study, Economics, Economist

The first essential for economists ... is to ... combat, not foster, the ideology which pretends that values which can be measured in terms of money are the only ones that ought to count.

Joan Robinson

Essentials, Firsts, Economics

Joan Robinson (2017). “Economic Philosophy”, p.95, Routledge

A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

Joan Robinson

Self, Pessimism, Economics

Joan Robinson (1973). “Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theory”

The very nature of economics is rooted in nationalism. ... It [was] developed ... in the hope of throwing light upon questions of policy. But policy means nothing unless there is an authority to carry it out, and authorities are national.

Joan Robinson

Mean, Light, Economics

Joan Robinson (1962). “Economic philosophy”, p.124, Transaction Publishers