
Mancur Olson
Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr. was an American economist and political scientist who taught at the University of Maryland, College Park. His most influential contributions were to new institutional economics, and focused on the role played by private property, taxation, public goods, collective action, and contract rights in economic development.
Background
- Born in
- Grand Forks
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityUniversity College, OxfordNorth Dakota State University
- Awards
- 🏆 Rhodes Scholarship
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1932
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