No analysis of the limits of economic freedom or the uses of coercion by government, labor unions, or organizations of any kind can do justice to the… - Mancur Olson

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No analysis of the limits of economic freedom or the uses of coercion by government, labor unions, or organizations of any kind can do justice to the complexity of the subject without taking account of the distinction between collective and noncollective goods.

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About Mancur Olson

Mancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. (January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) was an American economist and social scientist.

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Native Name: Mancur Olson, Jr.
Alternative Names: Mancur Lloyd Olson, Jr

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The spontaneous individual optimization that drives the theories with which I began is important, but it is not enough by itself. If spontaneous Coase‐style bargains, whether through laissez-faire or political bargaining and government, eliminated socially wasteful predation and obtained the institutions that are needed for a thriving market economy, then there would not be so many grossly inefficient and poverty-stricken societies.

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