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 RobinsonWhere is the pricing system that offers the consumer a fair choice between air to breathe and motor cars to drive about in?
Joan Robinsonscience progresses by trial and error, and when it is forbidden to admit error there can be no progress.
Joan RobinsonThe fundamental differences between Marxian and traditional orthodox economics are, first, that the orthodox economists accept the capitalist system as part of the eternal order of Nature, while Marx regards it as a passing phase in the transition from the feudal economy of the past to the socialist economy of the future.
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