The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

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出版社: HarperCollins UK
2013-03
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780465016150
定价: 134.40
装帧: 平装
开本: 大32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 288页
正文语种: 英语
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  • "Thehourofcapitalism'sgreatesttriumph,"writesHernandodeSoto,"is,intheeyesoffour-fifthsofhumanity,itshourofcrisis."InTheMysteryofCapital,theworld-famousPeruvianeconomisttakesupthequestionthat,morethananyother,iscentraltooneofthemostcrucialproblemstheworldfacestoday:Whydosomecountriessucceedatcapitalismwhileothersfail?Instrongoppositiontothepopularviewthatsuccessisdeterminedbyculturaldifferences,deSotofindsthatitactuallyhaseverythingtodowiththelegalstructureofpropertyandpropertyrights.Everydevelopednationintheworldatonetimewentthroughthetransformationfrompredominantlyinformal,extralegalownershiptoaformal,unifiedlegalpropertysystem.IntheWestwe'veforgottenthatcreatingthissystemisalsowhatallowedpeopleeverywheretoleveragepropertyintowealth.Thispersuasivebookwillrevolutionizeourunderstandingofcapitalandpointthewaytoamajortransformationoftheworldeconomy. HernandodeSotoisthefounderandPresidentoftheInstituteofLibertyandDemocracy(ILD)inLima,Peru,regardedbyTheEconomistasthesecondmostimportantthink-tankintheworld.HehasalsobeenaneconomistforGATT(nowWTO),CEOofoneofEurope'slargestengineeringfirms,andasagovernorofPeru'sCentralReserveBank.AsPresidentAlbertoFujimori'sPersonalRepresentativeandPrincipalAdvisor,heinitiatedPeru'seconomicreformsandplayedaleadingroleinmodernizingitseconomicandpoliticalsystem.In1993deSotodrewupandnegotiatedthestrategicplanthatreversedFujimori'scoupd'etatandreturnedthecountrytoelectoraldemocracy.HeandILDarecurrentlyworkinginAsia,theMiddleEast,andLatinAmericaonthepracticalimplementationofthemeasuresforbringingthepoorintotheeconomicmainstreamintroducedinTheMysteryofCapital.HewasrecentlylistedbyTimemagazineasoneofthefiveleadingLatinAmericaninnovatorsofthetwentiethcentury.Hispreviousbook,TheOtherPath,waspublishedinmorethantenlanguagesandwasanumberonebestsellerthroughoutLatinAmerica.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
  • 内容简介:
    "Thehourofcapitalism'sgreatesttriumph,"writesHernandodeSoto,"is,intheeyesoffour-fifthsofhumanity,itshourofcrisis."InTheMysteryofCapital,theworld-famousPeruvianeconomisttakesupthequestionthat,morethananyother,iscentraltooneofthemostcrucialproblemstheworldfacestoday:Whydosomecountriessucceedatcapitalismwhileothersfail?Instrongoppositiontothepopularviewthatsuccessisdeterminedbyculturaldifferences,deSotofindsthatitactuallyhaseverythingtodowiththelegalstructureofpropertyandpropertyrights.Everydevelopednationintheworldatonetimewentthroughthetransformationfrompredominantlyinformal,extralegalownershiptoaformal,unifiedlegalpropertysystem.IntheWestwe'veforgottenthatcreatingthissystemisalsowhatallowedpeopleeverywheretoleveragepropertyintowealth.Thispersuasivebookwillrevolutionizeourunderstandingofcapitalandpointthewaytoamajortransformationoftheworldeconomy.
  • 作者简介:
    HernandodeSotoisthefounderandPresidentoftheInstituteofLibertyandDemocracy(ILD)inLima,Peru,regardedbyTheEconomistasthesecondmostimportantthink-tankintheworld.HehasalsobeenaneconomistforGATT(nowWTO),CEOofoneofEurope'slargestengineeringfirms,andasagovernorofPeru'sCentralReserveBank.AsPresidentAlbertoFujimori'sPersonalRepresentativeandPrincipalAdvisor,heinitiatedPeru'seconomicreformsandplayedaleadingroleinmodernizingitseconomicandpoliticalsystem.In1993deSotodrewupandnegotiatedthestrategicplanthatreversedFujimori'scoupd'etatandreturnedthecountrytoelectoraldemocracy.HeandILDarecurrentlyworkinginAsia,theMiddleEast,andLatinAmericaonthepracticalimplementationofthemeasuresforbringingthepoorintotheeconomicmainstreamintroducedinTheMysteryofCapital.HewasrecentlylistedbyTimemagazineasoneofthefiveleadingLatinAmericaninnovatorsofthetwentiethcentury.Hispreviousbook,TheOtherPath,waspublishedinmorethantenlanguagesandwasanumberonebestsellerthroughoutLatinAmerica.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
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