The Logic of Collective Action

The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
AuthorMancur Olson
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1965

The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups is a book by Mancur Olson Jr. published in 1965. It develops a theory of political science and economics of concentrated benefits versus diffuse costs. Its central argument is that concentrated minor interests will be overrepresented and diffuse majority interests trumped, due to a free-rider problem that is stronger when a group becomes larger.

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