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Joan Robinson quotes: It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa.

It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa.

Joan Robinson quotes: Ideology is like breath: you never smell your own.

Ideology is like breath: you never smell your own.

Joan Robinson quotes: If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered.

If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered.

Joan Robinson quotes: If a rise in wages does not raise prices, a fall will not reduce them.

If a rise in wages does not raise prices, a fall will not reduce them.

Joan Robinson quotes: It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord with proper principles.

It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord with proper principles.

Joan Robinson quotes: Unemployment is a reproach to a democratic government.

Unemployment is a reproach to a democratic government.

Joan Robinson quotes: But, as soon as speculators become an important influence in the market, their business is to speculate on each others behaviour.

But, as soon as speculators become an important influence in the market, their business is to speculate on each others behaviour.

Joan Robinson quotes: 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.

Joan Robinson quotes: Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases.

Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases.

Joan Robinson quotes: Science progresses by trial and error, and when it is forbidden to admit error there can be no progress.

Science progresses by trial and error, and when it is forbidden to admit error there can be no progress.

Joan Robinson quotes: Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.

Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.

Joan Robinson quotes: The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.

The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.

Joan Robinson quotes: The nature of technology depends very much upon what the public can be induced to put up with.

The nature of technology depends very much upon what the public can be induced to put up with.

Joan Robinson quotes: Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done.

Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done.

Joan Robinson quotes: There is no such thing as a normal period of history. Normality is a fiction of economic textbooks.

There is no such thing as a normal period of history. Normality is a fiction of economic textbooks.

Joan Robinson quotes: A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

Joan Robinson quotes: It is impossible to add the stock of money to the flow of saving.

It is impossible to add the stock of money to the flow of saving.

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

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 quotes: Where is the pricing system that offers the consumer a fair choice between air to breathe and motor cars to drive about in?

Where is the pricing system that offers the consumer a fair choice between air to breathe and motor cars to drive about in?

Joan Robinson quotes: Owning capital is not a productive activity.

Owning capital is not a productive activity.

Joan Robinson quotes: Economics limps along with one foot in untested hypotheses and the other in untestable slogans.

Economics limps along with one foot in untested hypotheses and the other in untestable slogans.

Joan Robinson quotes: It's a terrible thing to be a worker exploited in the capitalist system. The only worse thing is to be a worker unable to find anyone to exploit you.

It's a terrible thing to be a worker exploited in the capitalist system. The only worse thing is to be a worker unable to find anyone to exploit you.

Joan Robinson quotes: Reality is never a golden age.

Reality is never a golden age.

Joan Robinson quotes: The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.

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