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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433259703321

Autore

Aslanbeigui Nahid <1954->

Titolo

The provocative Joan Robinson : the making of a Cambridge economist / / Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham [NC], : Duke University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-283-03590-1

9786613035905

0-8223-9108-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Science and cultural theory

Altri autori (Persone)

OakesGuy

Disciplina

330.15/6092

330.156092

Soggetti

Neoclassical school of economics

Keynesian economics

Economists - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Collage with woman in foreground -- The improbable theoretician -- Excursus: Robinson and Kahn -- The making of the economics of imperfect competition -- Becoming a Keynesian -- Who is Joan Robinson?

Sommario/riassunto

Through a biography of the most important woman in the history of economic thought, the work offers new insights into the creation of macroeconomic theory at a crucial period in its development.