Mancur Olson

"Institutions that reduce transaction costs for coordination make collective action more feasible."

"The distribution of group benefits reflects not equality but the power to secure selective incentives."

"Nations require encompassing organizations to balance the power of special interests."

"The free rider problem is solved not by appeals to virtue but by institutional design."

"Collective action fails when the costs of organizing exceed the benefits to potential participants."

"The theory of collective action shows that good intentions are insufficient without proper institutions."

"Institutional stability can paradoxically become a source of national economic decline."

"The success of groups depends on their ability to provide benefits that cannot be obtained elsewhere."

"Groups with concentrated membership have organizational advantages over groups with dispersed membership."