Economics: An Awkward Corner

by Joan Robinson

Originally published in 1966, this book has enduring validity. In analysing the economic situation of the late 1960s Joan Robinson discusses the contradictions which arise from the need to readjust the organisation of society to the fantastic capacity for producing material wealth that capital accumulation and progress in technology have made possible. She maintains that the late twentieth century economic system is just an awkward corner in a continuing process of historical development .

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First published October 28, 1965

About the author

Joan Violet Robinson FBA was an English post-Keynesian economist who was well known for her work on monetary economics and wide-ranging contributions to economic theory.