Mancur Olson

Mancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. (/ˈmænsər/ or /ˈmæŋkər/; January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) was an American economist and social scientist who taught economics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His most influential contributions were in institutional economics, and in the role which private property, taxation, public goods, collective action, and contract rights play in economic development.