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The Mystery of Capital
Hernando de Soto
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Description for The Mystery of Capital
paperback. Hernando de Soto offers radical and yet convincing arguments on the reasons why capitalism only seems to work in some nations, mainly the ones in the northern hemisphere, and fails consistently in the rest of the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCS; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Why does capitalism triumph in the West but fail almost everywhere else? Elegantly, and with rare clarity, Hernando de Soto revolutionizes our understanding of what capital is and why it has failed to benefit four-fifths of mankind -- and explains the solution.
'A revolutionary book . . . may not be in the class of Das Kapital, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations or Keynes's General Theory. But if the criteria for joining that exclusive club is a capacity not only to change permanently the way we look at the world, but also to change the world itself, then there ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552999236
SKU
9780552999236
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99-2
About Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto is the founder and President of the Institute of Liberty and Democracy (ILD) in Lima, Peru, regarded by The Economist as the second most important think-tank in the world. He has also been an economist for GATT (now WTO), CEO of one of Europe's largest engineering firms, and as a governor of Peru's Central Reserve Bank. ... Read more
Reviews for The Mystery of Capital
'A hugely persuasive and important book, the more so because of the moving simplicity of its central idea'
Daily Telegraph
'A crucial contribution. A new proposal for change that is valid for the whole world'
Javier Perez de Cuellar, Ex Sect.General of the UN 'A very great book...powerful and completely convincing'
Ronald Coase, Nobel Laureate in ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
'A crucial contribution. A new proposal for change that is valid for the whole world'
Javier Perez de Cuellar, Ex Sect.General of the UN 'A very great book...powerful and completely convincing'
Ronald Coase, Nobel Laureate in ... Read more