page_title: Lionel Robbins
hierarchical_section_title: Lionel Robbins
caption_attribution_description: Lord Robbins
context_page_description: Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, CH, CB, FBA was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. 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."
context_section_description: Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, CH, CB, FBA (22 November 1898 – 15 May 1984) was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. 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."
caption: Robbins at the opening of the Lionel Robbins building, 27 July 1978
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