The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities [Audiobook]

The years since World War II have seen rapid shifts in the relative positions of different countries and regions. Leading political economist Mancur Olson offers a new and compelling theory to explain these shifts in fortune and then tests his theory against evidence from many periods of history and many parts on the world. The updated edition of Mancur Olson's award-winning book The Rise and Decline of Nations.