The Mystery of Capital
The Mystery of Capital

Author: Hernando De Soto

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2007-03-20

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0465004016

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A renowned economist argues for the importance of property rights in "the most intelligent book yet written about the current challenge of establishing capitalism in the developing world" (Economist) "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 one of the most pressing questions 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 everything to do with the legal structure of property and property rights. Every developed nation in the world at one time went through the transformation from predominantly extralegal property arrangements, such as squatting on large estates, to a formal, unified legal property system. In the West we've forgotten that creating this system is what allowed people everywhere to leverage property into wealth. This persuasive book revolutionized our understanding of capital and points the way to a major transformation of the world economy.

The Social and Economic Significance of Land Tenure in the Southwestern States
The Social and Economic Significance of Land Tenure in the Southwestern States

Author: Regional Land Tenure Research Project

Publisher:

Published: 1950

Total Pages: 694

ISBN-13:

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With a five-state region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi) as a laboratory and with the active cooperation of the expert personnel of the state agricultural colleges, this study--the first of its kind--brings together the best techniques and abilities of the entire region covered by this research to provide a genuine contribution to land tenure research. Originally published in 1950. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

The Social and Economic Significance of Land Tenure in the Southwestern States
The Social and Economic Significance of Land Tenure in the Southwestern States

Author: Harold Hoffsommer

Publisher:

Published: 1950

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780807805831

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With a five-state region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi) as a laboratory and with the active cooperation of the expert personnel of the state agricultural colleges, this study--the first of its kind--brings together the best techniques and abilities of the entire region covered by this research to provide a genuine contribution to land tenure research. Originally published in 1950. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Competition and Coercion
Competition and Coercion

Author: Robert Higgs

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-10-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780521088404

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Competition and Coercion: Blacks in the American economy, 1865-1914 is a reinterpretation of black economic history in the half-century after Emancipation. Its central theme is that economic competition and racial coercion jointly determined the material condition of the blacks. The book identifies a number of competitive processes that played important roles in protecting blacks from the racial coercion to which they were peculiarly vulnerable. It also documents the substantial economic gains realized by the black population between 1865 and 1914. Professor Higgs's account is iconoclastic. It seeks to reorganize the present conceptualization of the period and to redirect future study of black economic history in the post-Emancipation period. It raises new questions and suggests new answers to old questions, asserting that some of the old questions are misleadingly framed or not worth pursuing at all.