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The Collective Action Problem
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A collective action problem exists when people share an interest but each has a disincentive to act on it.
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One phone call rarely sways a member of Congress, so each concerned citizen rationally skips the call.
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Shared interest does not organize itself — Mancur Olson's *Logic of Collective Action* is the source text.