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Does Congress Still Suffer from Demosclerosis? (with Jonathan Rauch)
American Enterprise Institute
My guest is Jonathan Rauch, the author of the classic book, Demosclerosis: The Silent Killer of American Government (Times Books, 1994).
6 months ago
Germany, Japan, and Telangana
Econlib
Mancur Olson once argued that Germany and Japan grew rapidly after WWII largely because a great deal of bureaucratic deadwood was removed by the war.
1 month ago
The Problem of Collective Action: An Illustration in Education
Econlib
As formalized by Mancur Olson in his seminal 1971 book The Logic of Collective Action, smaller social groups are easier to organize than larger ones.
4 months ago
From Mancur Olson to Bernie Sanders
Pro Market
Professor George Stigler, the Nobel Laureate (1982) who in some ways invented the idea of “regulatory capture,” and Professor Mancur Olson,...
104 months ago
Did a 1982 book predict America’s decline?
Vox
Mancur Olson's The Rise and Decline of Nations shows how small groups can undermine broader prosperity.
26 months ago
The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of Mancur Olson
Marginal REVOLUTION
Mancur Olson's The Rise and Decline of Nations is one of my favorite books and a classic of public choice. Olson may well have won the Nobel prize had he not...
35 months ago
Biography of Mancur Olson is Now Online
Econlib
This is from the newly published biography of Mancur Olson in David R. Henderson, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
20 months ago
Congratulations to APSA Organized Section Award Recipients (Sections 21-41) -
Political Science Now
Currently there are more than 100 such awards honoring dissertations, papers, articles, books and career achievement.
27 months ago
Opinion | The American Renaissance Has Begun (Published 2021)
The New York Times
In 1982, the economist Mancur Olson set out to explain a paradox. West Germany and Japan endured widespread devastation during World War II,...
41 months ago
We Are the (National) Champions: Understanding the Mechanisms of State Capitalism in China
Stanford Law School
China now has the second-largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world. Most of the Chinese companies on the list are state-owned enterp.
91 months ago