Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr was an American economist and political scientist who taught at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mancur Olson was an American economist who had pathbreaking insights about collective action, the rise and decline of national economies, and the fortunes ...

Mancur Olson had insight on the broader US economy and predicted that the increasing oligarchic tendency of our contemporary representative government.

The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups is a book by Mancur Olson Jr. published in 1965. It develops a theory of political ...

Feb 15, 2013 · In 1965, a young University of Maryland economist named Mancur Olson (the first name is pronounced “mansir”) formulated a crucial part of the ...

American political economist Mancur Olson, who wrote in 1965 that coercion or some other device must be present in order for a group of individuals to act in ...

American economist and social scientist who, at the time of his death, worked at the University of Maryland, College Park.

As a leading economist in the late 20th century, Mancur Olson was involved with the Southern Economic Association as well as the development of the IRIS Center, ...

Mancur Olson offered us big thoughts on big subjects. Today, he might well attack the problem of climate change and the current failure of nations to act ...

The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities (Veritas Paperbacks) by Mancur Olson