ABSTRACT
Although Joan Robinson's economic thought covers a great number of diverse topics it contains some unifying and persistent themes. Two in particular are considered here. The first is that orthodox analysis applies in the main to problems of the allocation given resources, and not to the creation or accumulation of goods or services through time. The second, an alleged limitation of orthodox theory and its link with pro-capitalist ideology, is that conceptual and normative distinctions must be made between incomes from work and incomes from property.
