Lionel Robbins
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Lionel Robbins was a prominent 20th-century British economist best known for his influential work on the nature and definition of economics and his role in shaping economic thought at the London School of Economics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lionel Robbins canonical | 5 |
| Lionel Charles Robbins | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Robbins Context triple: [Alfred Marshall, influenced, Lionel Robbins]
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Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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B.
Arthur Cecil Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
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C.
John R. Hicks
John R. Hicks was a British economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his influential contributions to microeconomic theory, welfare economics, and the development of general equilibrium analysis.
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D.
Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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E.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Robbins Target entity description: Lionel Robbins was a prominent 20th-century British economist best known for his influential work on the nature and definition of economics and his role in shaping economic thought at the London School of Economics.
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A.
Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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B.
Arthur Cecil Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
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C.
John R. Hicks
John R. Hicks was a British economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his influential contributions to microeconomic theory, welfare economics, and the development of general equilibrium analysis.
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D.
Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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E.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British economist
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academic ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| author |
Lionel Robbins
self-linksurface differs
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Lionel Robbins self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
The Order of the Companions of Honour
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surface form:
Companion of Honour
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-11-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-05-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
London School of Economics
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University College London ⓘ |
| employer |
London School of Economics
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University of London ⓘ |
| familyName | Robbins ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic theory
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economics ⓘ history of economic thought ⓘ |
| fullName |
Lionel Robbins
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lionel Charles Robbins
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| genre |
economic theory
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methodology of economics ⓘ |
| givenName | Lionel ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Baron Robbins ⓘ |
| influenced |
Friedrich Hayek
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surface form:
Friedrich A. Hayek
John R. Hicks ⓘ
surface form:
John Hicks
Lionel W. McKenzie ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Austrian School of economics
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Philip Wicksteed ⓘ William Stanley Jevons ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to the methodology of economics
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defining economics as the science of human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means ⓘ influencing economic thought at the London School of Economics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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House of Lords ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Life peer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Scope and Method of Economic Science
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surface form:
An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science
Great Depression ⓘ
surface form:
The Great Depression
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| placeOfBirth |
England
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Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form:
Middlesex
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| placeOfDeath |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| politicalAffiliation | Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of the Economics Department at the London School of Economics
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Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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Referenced by (6)
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this entity surface form:
Lionel Charles Robbins
subject surface form:
An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science
subject surface form:
The Great Depression