Joan Robinson

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Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it. ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases.
- Joan Robinson
Collection: Growth
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It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa.
- Joan Robinson
Collection: Vices
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Capital' is not what capital is called, it is what its name is called.
- Joan Robinson
Collection: Names