The Other Path
the economic answer to terrorism
$32.39
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
4 September 2002
Summary
In this, his classic book on the informal economy of Peru and the reasons why poverty can be a breeding ground for terrorists, Hernando De Soto describes the forces that keep people dependent on underground economies: the bureaucratic barriers to legal property ownership and the lack of legal structures that recognize and encourage ownership of assets. It is exactly these forces, de Soto argues, that prevent houses, land, and machines from functioning as capital does in the West- as assets th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465016105 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0465016103 |
| Author: | Hernando De Soto |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 4 September 2002 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 202mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Hernando De Soto
Hernando de Soto is President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), headquartered in Lima, Peru. He was named one of the five leading Latin American innovators of the century by Time magazine in its May 1999 issue on “Leaders for the New Millennium.” De Soto played an integral role in the modernization of Peru’s economic and political system as President Alberto Fujimori’s Personal Representative and Principal Adviser. His previous book, The Other Path, was a best seller throughout Latin America and the U.S. He and ILD are currently working on the practical implementation of the measures for bringing the poor into the economic mainstream introduced in The Mystery of Capital. He lives in Lima, Peru.
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