The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
by De Soto, Hernando
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0465016154
- ISBN 13
- 9780465016150
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About This Item
Basic Books, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, solid book with light wear to edges and some light marks on the fore-edge of the text block. Solid glued binding. A few pages have neat highlighted text. In opposition to the popular view that success at capitalism is determined by cultural differences, de Soto finds that what creates capital in the West is a process buried deep in the legal structure of its property systems and explores how this is different than in other nations. His persuasive book has revolutionized our understanding of capital, pointing the way to a major transformation of the world economy. 8vo. 288 pages. Notes, Index. 2003, Basic Books.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
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- Title
- The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
- Author
- De Soto, Hernando
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0465016154
- ISBN 13
- 9780465016150
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- ECONOMICS; GLOBALIZATION;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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