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Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

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British economist (1898-1984)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1898 to 1984 · aged 85
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Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics (LSE).

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1952honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
Order of the Bath
Fellow of the British Academy

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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."

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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1984 · aged 85
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