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

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Source : Joan Robinson (1967). “Essay on Marxian Economics”, p.65, Springer

Joan Robinson

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“I donâ€™t think the drums are a solo instrument. Drums are there to set the beat for the music.”
“This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.”
“It was very controversial actually, because basically, Lion In The Grass was also a course that you were receiving college credit for. So it was like he was taking a class, but then the class which also has a teacher and everything, was competing with bands that weren't in classes.”
“The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of chemical reactions is so great that it immediately asserted itself in the objective development of catalysis.”
“I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I had this deep, bassy voice. But I had incredible passion for the music I was singing.”
“Books are my one luxury.”
“And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.”
“Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market.”

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