Mancur Olson's scientific contributions

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This book shows that in calling economics the ‘dismal science’, Thomas Carlyle was profoundly wrong. The influence of economic thinking on other social sciences is bringing about a theoretical integration of all the social sciences under one overarching paradigm. The ten chapters of this book illustrate the intellectual advances that account for th...

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... However, some theories question the role of political stability in promoting economic growth, especially when it comes to keeping up with an accelerated pace of economic growth (Olson, 1993). In the long term, a stable society with unchanged borders and an entrenched political regime is increasingly resistant to change. ...