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Hernando de Soto (economist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Hernando de Soto (born 1941; Arequipa) is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy. He is the director of Peru's Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), located in Lima. ..."

Born

1941, in Arequipa, Peru

Awards Received

2004 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, granted by Cato Institute, The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, 1 Apr 2004

Associations

Founder, Instituto Libertad y Democracia

Articles

Trapped in the Basement of Global Capitalism, by Amity Shlaes, 4 Oct 2000
The lack of clear rights to private property in developing nations may be why they find it hard to transform their fortunes

Interviews

Hernando De Soto, by Dario Fernandez-Morera, Reason
Securing Property Rights [PDF], 1996
An interview with Hernando de Soto by the Center for International Private Enterprise
The Last Word: Hernando de Soto: Tapping the Poor's Riches, by Mac Margolis, Newsweek

Books Authored

The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, 2000
Related Topic: Capitalism
The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism, 1989
Related Topic: Peru