About this title: Altering the way we perceive underdeveloped countries, this revolutionary volume focuses on Lima, Peru, and how its internal economies and political alliances function. De Soto also describes the surprising and revolutionary world of the "informals", those who work outside the law to achieve their goals. 24 pages of photographs.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002-09-03
ISBN-13:9780465016105ISBN:0465016103
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060160203ISBN:0060160209
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has a minor nick on the spine. Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 271 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780465016105ISBN:0465016103
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2002-09-04
ISBN-13:9780465016105ISBN:0465016103
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780465016105ISBN:0465016103
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, Cambridge, Et al.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060160203ISBN:0060160209
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060160203ISBN:0060160209
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060160203ISBN:0060160209
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. (A106_4/9)Book is in good condition. Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 271 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint. Second printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060160203ISBN:0060160209
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Some page discoloration. DJ has minor wear and soiling. xxvii, 271 p. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Graphs. Table. Index. Foreword by Mario Varegas Llosa. The #1 bestseller in Latin America, this book describes underdeveloped countries of the Third World and how their internal economies and political alliances function. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 1990-01
ISBN-13:9780060916404ISBN:0060916400
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060160203ISBN:0060160209
Description: New in new dust jacket. bright shiny brand new. Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 271 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 1990-01
ISBN-13:9780060916404ISBN:0060916400
Description: New. New and in excellent condition (light wear on cover, black remainder mark on bottom page edges, otherwise in mint/pristine condition). Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine. read more
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"unfortunately, i only got through about 50% of this book. it was an assigned reading for a grad class. the information de soto presents is very intriguing -- about the extralegal sector in peru -- but the text hasn't been updated since its initial late 80s/early 90s publication. as such, much of the info seems dated.
also, while not exactly a neocon, de soto and his ideas come off as a bit TOO friendly toward neoliberalism. his narratives of peru's extralegal business and settlement groups are really intriguing, however.
if he were to create an updated edition of the other path (which, BTW, has a really interesting history to it... the intersection of terrorism with poverty, the most marginalized in the community, etc.), i'd likely consider reading it."
"If you only read one book ever about economics this should be it. De Soto's book is not so much about the dry working of an economic system as the triumph of the human spirit against the oppressive "help" of the state. De Soto explains exactly how a government that tries to control the economy for the benefit of its citizens only suceeds in perverting, stifling and distorting the productive impulses of the citizenry. While doing this he also demonstrates how entrepreneurs create ingenious methods of getting around bad laws and creating norms that help in supplying good law. He goes on to show that the existence of bad law and the absence of good law still damages society in real and meaningful ways. Finally he lays out some prescriptions for getting rid of bad laws and implementing good laws. If you want to understand the argument for free-markets even if you disagree this is the best source."
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