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Mancur Olson was a farm boy from North Dakota, who retained his Scandinavian accent and delightfully plain - indeed comically humble - manners throughout life. He was surely the only world-famous economist who prefaced his curriculum vitae with his social security number. Olson graduated from North Dakota Agricultural College in 1954, and went as a Rhodes Scholar to University College, Oxford.
