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==Early life and education==
Olson was born on January 22, 1932, in [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]], to a family of [[Norwegian-American|Norwegian]] immigrants.<ref name="journal" /><ref name="archive" /><ref name="life">{{cite news |last1=Lardner |first1=James |title=Why America Is Outhustled Mancur |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/10/12/why-america-is-outhustled-mancur/87185a05-6b4a-4e77-b8e1-01a8f3bc8dd3/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=21 February 2022 |date=12 October 1982}}</ref> He grew up on a farm near [[Buxton, North Dakota]], next to the state border with [[Climax, Minnesota]].<ref name="death">{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Bart |title=MANCUR OLSON DIES AT 66 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/02/25/mancur-olson-dies-at-66/a72b9ca0-c890-4d77-9c20-97843a140a2c/ |access-date=21 February 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=25 February 1998}}</ref> Olson claimed that his given name,
Olson graduated from [[North Dakota State University]] in 1954 and was a [[Rhodes Scholar]] at [[University College, Oxford|University College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] until 1956, before earning a [[PhD]] in [[economics]] from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1963.<ref name="journal" /> He also served in the [[U.S. Air Force]] for two years from 1961 to 1963.<ref name="death" />
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