Power And Prosperity: Outgrowing Communist And Capitalist Dictatorships
Author:   Mancur Olson
Publisher:   Basic Books
Edition:   New edition
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9780465051960


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 November 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Mancur Olson
Publisher:   Basic Books
Imprint:   Basic Books
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.20cm
Weight:   0.220kg
ISBN:  

9780465051960


ISBN 10:   0465051960
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

* 1. The Logic of Power * 2. Time, Takings, and Individual Rights * 3. Coaseian Bargains, Transactions Costs, and Anarchy * 4. Rational Individuals and Irrational Societies * 5. Governance and Economic Growth * 6. The Sources of Law Enforcement and Corruption * 7. The Theory of Soviet-Type Autocracies * 8. The Evolution of Communism and Its Legacy * 9. Implications for the Transition * 10. The Kinds of Markets Needed for Prosperity

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Power and Prosperity is an important book, written with clarity and verve. It is a great misfortune that Mancur Olson is not here to respond to the debates that it will surely provoke. The Wall Street Journal


"""Power and Prosperity is an important book, written with clarity and verve. It is a great misfortune that Mancur Olson is not here to respond to the debates that it will surely provoke."" The Wall Street Journal"


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Mancur Olson (1932-1998) was the Chair and Principal Investigator of the centre on Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) and Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. His books The Logic of Collective Action and The Rise and Decline of Nations have been translated into nine languages.

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