Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

1898 - 1984

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country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University College London, London School of Economics and Political Science

occupation: economist, politician

award received: Order of the Bath, Fellow of the British Academy

position held: member of the House of Lords

student of: Edwin Cannan

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." Source: Wikipedia (en)