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Mancur Olson

1932 - 1998

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Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr. (; January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mancur Olson is the 219th most popular economist (down from 216th in 2019), the 4,290th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,715th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Mancur Olson ranks 219 out of 414. Before him are Giovanni Arrighi, Abba P. Lerner, Mahbub ul Haq, Nicholas Kaldor, James Steuart, and David D. Friedman. After him are Henry Hazlitt, William Baumol, Martín de Azpilcueta, Bertrand de Jouvenel, E. F. Schumacher, and Ferdinando Galiani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Mancur Olson ranks 204. Before him are Bob Pettit, Bruno S., Tom Robbins, Parry O'Brien, Jerry Unser Jr., and Bill Foulkes. After him are Igor Kirillov, Helmut Griem, Stefanie Zweig, Bernhard Vogel, Blagoje Adžić, and Katarina Taikon. Among people deceased in 1998, Mancur Olson ranks 126. Before him are Åke Seyffarth, Moshood Abiola, Carl Wilson, Mahbub ul Haq, Klaus Tennstedt, and Nino Ferrer. After him are Vladimir Demikhov, Richard Hamming, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Chatichai Choonhavan, Mariano Martín, and Clara Rockmore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mancur Olson ranks 4,290 out of 20,380. Before him are Eugene Parker (1927), Irene Dunne (1898), Hill Harper (1966), Jason Miller (1939), Roy J. Plunkett (1910), and Christopher Meloni (1961). After him are Aidan Quinn (1959), Tomas Arana (1955), Brett Lunger (1945), Kieran Culkin (1982), Frank Muller (1862), and Stephen Bishop (1951).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Mancur Olson ranks 72. Before him are Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Paul Milgrom (1948), Paul Douglas (1892), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Frank Knight (1885), and David D. Friedman (1945). After him are Henry Hazlitt (1894), William Baumol (1922), Paul Romer (1955), Peter Senge (1947), Hyman Minsky (1919), and Thomas Sowell (1930).

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