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The mystery of capital : why capitalism triumphs in the West and fails everywhere else

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
Print Book, English, 2000
Bantam, London, 2000
243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780593046647, 0593046641
59562619
Ch. 1. The Five Mysteries of Capital
Ch. 2. The Mystery of Missing Information
Ch. 3. The Mystery of Capital
Ch. 4. The Mystery of Political Awareness
Ch. 5. The Missing Lessons of U.S. History
Ch. 6. The Mystery of Legal Failure
Ch. 7. By Way of Conclusion