Help: Name of Economist? Wrote Book About Groups Making Econ Activity Sticky

Factual Questions
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Hi.

A prof I once had told me several times that I’d enjoy a book by a certain economist. I knew that I’d never forget the name, and now I have indeed forgotten it. It starts with an “O” and is not a very common name. He wrote a book about entrenched interests and their effect on economic activity, and, IIRC, published papers on that as well.

I had the class in about '96, so it would have to be earlier than that.

Anybody got any clues.

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Maurice Obstfeld?

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Maybe Paul Ormerod?

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I searched Amazon & it didn’t return any books that looked right. The title of the book is on the tip of my tongue, close enough to cause me considerable frustration.

Thanks, anyway, though!

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So, if you weren’t already questioning my sanity, this should seal the deal:

I went to the U of Cambridge Newton library catalogue, put “economics” in for the subject, and sorted the books by author. Result:

Mancur Olson The Logic of Collective Action.

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Yeah, Olson – definitely an uncommon surname. :wink:

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Ahh, that makes, sense. I was thinking of “sticky prices” which is generally a macroeconomics topic, as opposed to the “game theory” and/or “political economy” avenue you were interested in.