The Mystery of Capital : Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else (Paperback)

from Akiyama

Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian economist. In this book, he provides an answer to the question of "Why capitalism triumphs in the West and fails everywhere else". The answer is that in third-world c...

from br77rino

This is a great book on the power of capitalism, and how its use outside the 'first world' is missing a key ingredient, namely, the legal right and acknowledgement of private property.

from sagacious33

This book not only highlights global legal property right deficiencies, but also guides readers to a first step in reducing global poverty.

from ShadowBarbara

Excellent overview of how we use property to create capital and how most of the world does not have a system for documenting ownership. Most people live in an extralegal system. Has recommendations...

from Indrit

I have had the privilege of obtaining a copy of this book signed by Hernando de Soto himself, whom I met back in 2006 while attending training at his Institute for Liberty and Democracy in Lima. I ...