Polity Atlas
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Power and Prosperity: Outgrowing Communist and Capitalist Dictatorships

Mancur Olson · Basic Books · 2000

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Book
Author
Mancur Olson
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2026-09-01
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ISBN 0465051952.

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TheoryOlson argued that a bandit who settles and monopolises theft in a territory gains an encompassing interest in his subjects' output, and therefore limits taxation and provides order and public goods, whereas roving bandits have no such incentive.