Mancur Olson

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Mancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. (pronounced /ˈm nsər/ or /ˈm ŋkər/; January 22, 1932 - February 19, 1998) was a leading American economist and social scientist who, at the time of his death, worked at the University of Maryland, College Park. Among other areas, he made contributions to institutional economics on the role of private property, taxation, public goods, collective action and contract rights in economic development. Olson focused on the logical basis of interest group membership and participation. The reigning political theories of his day granted groups an almost primordial status. Some appealed to a natural human instinct for herding, others ascribed the formation of groups that are rooted in kinship to the process of modernization. Olson offered a radically different account of the logical basis of organized collective action.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5512660365
• ISBN13: 9785512660362
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"