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The Rise and Decline of Nations

Mancur Olson

Economics & FinancePolitics & SocietyHistory
Publish date
1982
Publisher
Yale University Press
Description
Many have been puzzled by the mysterious decline or collapse of great empires or civilizations and by the remarkable rise to wealth, power, or cultural achievement of previously peripheral or obscure peoples.
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  1. The Logic of Collective Action

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    Provides the foundational theory of selective incentives and interest group formation that this book expands historically.

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  2. The Wealth of Nations

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    Cited regarding classical perspectives on trade barriers, cartel behavior, and the systemic causes of national prosperity.

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  3. The Calculus of Consent

    James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock

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    Foundational public choice text Olson draws upon to analyze how special interest coalitions capture democratic decision-making.

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  4. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

    Joseph A. Schumpeter

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    Olson engages with Schumpeter's ideas on innovation and creative destruction versus monopolistic market rigidities.

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  5. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

    John Maynard Keynes

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    Olson offers an alternative, microeconomic explanation for involuntary unemployment and stagflation that challenges Keynesian assumptions.

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  6. Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective

    Alexander Gerschenkron

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    Informs Olson's analysis of rapid postwar catch-up growth and institutional transformation in Germany and Japan.

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