Joan Robinson

Born in Camberley, England, in 1903. Joan Robinson graduated in Economics at Girton College, Cambridge in 1925. She was a professor of Economics at Cambridge University from 1931 to 1971.

She made invaluable contributions to economic theory, with her book "The Economics of Perfect Competition (1933)" being considered one of the bases on which the modern analysis of markets sits.

Her ideas were very influential in Keynesian Theory, as was admitted by Keynes himself. She later helped expand Keynes work, mainly in problems dealing with the long-term and the accumulation of capital.

Her work on economic growth "Essays in the Theory of Economic Growth (1962)" were a notable progress on the analysis of economic growth conditions.

At the moment, her contributions constitute a basic pillar on the study of markets, monopolies, monopsonies, the effects of capital accumulation on economic growth and the development of lower-income countries.

She was the first female honorary fellow of King's College, a recognizement she was awarded in 1979, four years before she passed away.