Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

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British economist (1898–1984)

About Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, 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."

Notable works:

Robert Torrens and the Evolution of Classical Economics

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