Talk:Mancur Olson

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Made a stub for Mancur Olson at Mancur Olson/Temp. Rd232 23:51, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Deleted the copyvio and moved the /Temp page into place --rbrwr&plusmn; 21:45, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Recommended merge from Logic of Collective Action
The new article about Olson's book is POV and inferior to the description of the book already contained in Olson's article. I feel Logic of Collective Action should be made a redirect page to Mancur Olson. Alternatively, the book information contained in Mancur Olson could be moved to and supplant the information currently contained in Logic of Collective Action, but I'm not sure that a distinct article for the book is warranted. Any votes in favor of my first suggestion or the alternative? Accurizer 16:18, 24 March 2006 (UTC)


 * The book deserves an article of its own. It's a classic. Algae 17:07, 24 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Look, The Logic of Collective Action is the single most important book of political economy written in the second half of the 20th century. It should definitely have its own article. If you feel its article is POV or inferior, thenfixit. Mi kk er ... 10:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I took a shot at fixing it. Please review and make any changes deemed appropriate. Accurizer 13:13, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Algae 15:24, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You're welcome; I hope the article does some justice to the topic now. We're all just trying to make things right. Accurizer 22:52, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Please check the "influences" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.37.148.8 (talk) 15:48, 19 March 2010 (UTC) Removed 'influences'. JB had little to do with MC. Quite the opposite. Read MC/RZ's paper on production externalities. Cheers. AG. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.37.148.49 (talk) 23:26, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Subjective, unsourced introduction
I think "The reigning political theories of his day granted groups an almost primordial status. Some appealed to a natural human instinct for herding, others ascribed the formation of groups that are rooted in kinship to the process of modernization" is a highly subjective opinion on political theory, that is given as if a fact. It is actually lifted from a 1994 book, "Pathologies of Rational Choice Theories" - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dvPX1ljtXnwC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8 - by Green and Shapiro, that says "The reigning political scientists of his day granted groups an almost primordial status. Some appealed, with Gaetano Mosca, to a natural human instinct for herding together and fighting with other herds. Others followed Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales in ascribing the formation of groups that are not rooted in kinship to the process of modernization." First of all, it ought at least to be attributed to those authors, rather than stated as a simple 'fact' about Olson's intellectual environment. And the omission of the 'not' in the entry is a big problem. But I think that one subjective critical view of one of Olson's books doesn't really belong in the introductory paragraph of his entry. Can anyone come up with a more objective introduction? Peace Makes Plenty (talk) 19:41, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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Correct Spelling of Olson's Name
Olson's first name is properly spelled Mançur, not Mancur. This leads to a correct pronunciation with an S sound rather than a C sound. Pronouncing it wrong, in economic circles, makes one sound foolish. Ask me how I know.

I've corrected the spelling in several places, but I've been unable to figure out how to correct the title. This would lead to broken links elsewhere.

Aside from correcting the title, does anyone know how to have links saying both Mançur and Mancur directed to the same page? Rmmiller44 (talk) 04:41, 12 January 2020 (UTC)