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IMPERFECT COMPETITION, THEN AND NOW MARSHALL'S view of competition was not
very precise. An unforeseen rise in the demand for a particular commodity would lead to a rise …

The dominance in neo-classical economic teaching of the concept of a production function,
in which the relative prices of the factors of production are exhibited as a function of the ratio …

Keynes’ General Theory of Employment is an application to output as a whole of the analysis
developed by Marshall of the short-period equilibrium of a particular industry. In a typical …

In this classic work Joan Robinson goes back to the beginning and works out the basic
theory that is needed for a coherent treatment of the problems that present themselves in a …

The title of this talk-the second crisis of economic theory-is related to the first crisis-the great
slump of the thirties. It is the second crisis in our lifetime-there were others before. I should …

THE essays in this volume might be regarded as an introduction rather than as a supplement
to my Accumulation of Capital. That book was found excessively difficult. The main fault, I …

THE 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 …

This entails that every one knows exactly and in full detail what consequences would follow
any action that he may take (Indeed, the conditions for reaching equilibrium is often statea to …

… And nobody could accuse Joan Robinson of holding back from engaging in debate. Towards
the end of her life Joan Robinson was tremendously discouraged by the little headway …