# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mancur-olson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:17:45.673Z

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name: "Mancur Olson"
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description: "Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr. was an American economist and political scientist who taught at the University of Maryland, College Park. His most influential contributions were to new institutional economics, and focused on the role played by private property, taxation, public goods, collective action, and contract rights in economic development."
tagline: "American economist (1932–1998)"
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birthDate: "1932-01-22"
deathDate: "1998-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump