Monday, October 15, 2007

Mancur Olson


Monday's announcement of the Nobel winners in economics capped this year's awards. One of the discipline's prominent practitioners was Mancur Olson, a native of the Grand Forks area, NDSU alumnus and Rhodes scholar, who many believe was robbed of a likely Nobel by an early death. His work on the impact of collective action on the economic performance of nations had probably its greatest influence in the field of political science.
The Independent of London marked his passing in 1998.

1 comment:

Aaron A. said...

I wasn't aware. I'll have to read the article.