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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.
2 months 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.
6 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.
27 months ago

From Mancur Olson to Bernie Sanders

ProMarket
Professor George Stigler, the Nobel Laureate (1982) who in some ways invented the idea of “regulatory capture,” and Professor Mancur Olson,...
106 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...
37 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.
22 months ago

A Theory of Economic Change: The Rise and Decline of Nations. Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities. Mancur Olson. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1982. xii, 274 pp. $14.95.

Science | AAAS
A Theory of Economic Change: The Rise and Decline of Nations. Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities. Mancur Olson.
38 months ago

Renowned economist Mancur Olson is buried in Grue Cemetery near Buxton, N.D.

Grand Forks Herald
Mancur Olson, one of the most famous sons in the field of economics, is buried in a prairie cemetery near Buxton.
46 months ago

Why Economies Become Less Dynamic as They Age

Harvard Business Review
In April 2020, the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen published a widely read essay titled “It's Time to Build.
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,...
42 months ago