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by ZeroGravitas 1558 days ago
The Logic of Collective Action by Mancur Olson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logic_of_Collective_Action

> ... published in 1965. It develops a theory of political science and economics of concentrated benefits versus diffuse costs. Its central argument is that concentrated minor interests will be overrepresented and diffuse majority interests trumped, due to a free-rider problem that is stronger when a group becomes larger.