USED Mystery of Capital (De Soto - hardcover)

Author: Hernando De Soto

File under: De Soto

ISBN: 9780465016143

Binding: hardcover

Section: Economics/Business/Finance

"The hour of capitalism's greatest triumph," writes Hernando de Soto, "is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis." In The Mystery of Capital, the world-famous Peruvian economist takes up the question that, more than any other, is central to one of the most crucial problems the world faces today: Why do some countries succeed at capitalism while others fail? In strong opposition to the popular view that success is determined by cultural differences, de Soto finds that it actually has to do with the legal structure of property and property rights.