Mancur Olson

A leading political economist advances a new theory to explain the postwar shifts in the relative economic fortunes and positions of various nations and regions

Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

The Rise and Decline of Nations

A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations

Why do some economies do better than others? How does society encourage the kind of market economy that generates continually increasing incomes? How do particular styles of government affect economic performance? World-renowned economist Mancur Olson tackles these questions and others in what will surely be regarded as his magnum opus. Olson contends that governments can play an essential role in the development of markets. Reliable enforcement of private contracts and protection of individual rights to property depend on governments strong enough not to undermine them. His exploration of "market-augmenting governments" will stand as a cutting-edge work on economic growth and provide a useful framework in which to consider the Asian financial crisis and its aftermath. As Susan Lee noted in Forbes, "his pioneering insights might have won a Nobel Prize for Olson had he lived a bit longer."

Outgrowing Communist And Capitalist Dictatorships

Power And Prosperity

Edward L. Glaeser

Rise and Decline of Nations

السلطة والرخاء

Demonstra que o comportamento de grupos de indivíduos organizados para a realização de objetivos comuns não segue a mesma lógica do comportamento individual supostamente racional e centrado em interesses pessoais. Analisa, ainda, as implicações dessa teoria em vários tipos de organizações.

Lógica da Ação Coletiva, A

Satu Kähköhnen

Modern economics is like a metropolitan area. Economists' ideas about business and markets are like the magnificent buildings of the city centre. Yet most growth and prosperity is in the suburbs -- lately many of economics' greatest successes have been outside the traditional boundaries of the discipline. In the study of law, economic ideas have been the intellectual focus and `law and economics' has become a major field. In the study of politics, economists and politicalscientists using economics-type methods are uniquely influential. In sociology and history, economics has had a smaller but growing influence through `rational choice sociology' and `cliometrics'. The influence of the economists type thinking in other social sciences is bringing about a theoreticalintegration of all the social sciences under one overarching paradigm. The chapters of the book illustrate the intellectual advances that account for this unified view of economies and societies.

A Broader View of Economies and Societies

A Not-so-dismal Science:A Broader View of Economies and Societies

Une partie de la littérature sociologique admet que les groupes comme les personnes sont dotés de volonté, de conscience et cherchent à promouvoir leurs intérêts, entrent en conflit, ont des stratégies bien définies. Selon Oison, c'est se rendre la vie trop facile que de supposer la logique de l'action collective réductible à la logique de l'action individuelle. La proposition impertinente qu'il cherche à promouvoir est qu'un groupe inorganisé de personnes ayant un intérêt commun, conscientes de cet intérêt et ayant des moyens de le réaliser ne fera dans des conditions générales rien pour le promouvoir. La communauté d'intérêt ne suffit pas à provoquer, contrairement à ce qu'affirme Marx, l'action commune permettant de promouvoir l'intérêt de tous. En dehors de ses possibilités d'application et de l'interprétation nouvelle qu'elle offre de nombreux phénomènes sociaux et politiques (syndicats, partis politiques, groupes de pression...), la théorie d'Oison ouvre une voie à la réinterprétation d'auteurs classiques comme Rousseau, Marx et Durkheim.

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