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.