Robbins, Lionel Robbins, Baron, 1898-1984

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Name (Hebrew)
רובינס, ליונל, 1898-1984
Name (Latin)
Robbins, Lionel Robbins, Baron, 1898-1984
Other forms of name
nnaa Robbins, Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron, 1898-
Robbins, Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron, 1898-1984
Robbins, Lionel Charles, 1898-1984
Robbins, Lord, 1898-1984
Robbins of Clare Market, Lionel Robbins, Baron, 1898-1984
Robbins, Lionel Charles
Date of birth
1898-11-22
Date of death
1984-05-15
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 24644416
Wikidata: Q335199
Library of congress: n 79054086
Sources of Information
  • BLAISE, Aug. 1990(Robbins, Lionel Robbins, Baron, 1898-1984)
  • Herford, C. H. Philip Henry Wicksteed ... 1931.
  • His The wartime diaries of Lionel Robbins and James Meade ... 1991.
  • LC data base, 09-10-90(hdg.: Robbins, Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron, 1898- ; usage: Lord Robbins, Lionel Robbins)
  • Lionel Robbins on the principles of economic analysis, 2018:ECIP title page (authored by Lionel Robbins) data view (Lionel Robbins (1898-1984) is best known to economists for his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science (1932 and 1935))
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Wikipedia description:

Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, (22 November 1898 – 15 May 1984) was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is known for his leadership at LSE, his proposed definition of economics, and for his instrumental efforts in shifting Anglo-Saxon economics from its Marshallian direction. He is famous for the quote, "Humans want what they can't have."

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