November 8, 2011 | By Hernando de Soto
A few weeks ago I met Salem, the younger brother of the brave Tunisian fruit vendor whose self-immolation triggered the Arab uprising. When I asked him what his brother in heaven would say if we asked what he hoped his sacrifice would bring to the Arab World, Salem did not hesitate: “That the poor also have the right to buy and sell.”
By Hernando de Soto
October 7 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said recently that, given the ongoing credit contraction, “advanced economies like the U.S. would do well to re-learn some of the lessons” that have led to success among emerging market economies. Ironically, those economies in the 1990s accepted 10 points for promoting economic growth that were known as the “Washington Consensus.”
05 October 2011 - A meeting was held on 5th October 2011 in New Delhi between Union Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) and Culture Kumari Selja and Mr. Hernando de Soto, Peruvian Economist and President, Institute of Liberty and Democracy (ILD), Peru to discuss a project focusing on the legal empowerment of the poor in India. Also present at the meeting were Shri Arun Kumar Misra, Secretary, HUPA, His Excellency, Mr. Javier Paulinich, Ambassador of Peru to India and Mr. Luis Triveño, CEO, ILD.
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02 October 2011 - Some things are highly unpredictable. The next Noble laureate in Economics, for example... I just filed four names. Robert Shiller ... Richard Easterlin ... Anne Krueger ... Hernando de Soto...
By John Paul Rathbone
14 September 2011 - Two graceful alpacas are grazing in front of Hernando de Soto’s home, but there is no sign of his pet dogs, Marx and Engels, so named because “they are German, hairy and have no respect for property”.
Hernando de Soto LIVE talk on Fairness and Justice in the Economy at Zermatt Summit 2011 was voted as one of the best by the participants present!Fairness and Justice in the Economy: Hernando de Soto, Institute for Liberty and Democracy
Features April 28, 2011
Renowned Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto argues that the financial crisis wasn't just about finance—it was about a staggering lack of knowledge
By Hernando de Soto
During the second half of the 19th century, the world's biggest economies endured a series of brutal recessions. At the time, most forms of reliable economic knowledge were organized within feudal, patrimonial, and tribal relationships. If you wanted to know who owned land or owed a debt, it was a fact recorded locally—and most likely shielded from outsiders. At the same time, the world was expanding. Travel between cities and countries became more common and global trade increased. The result was a huge rift between the old, fragmented social order and the needs of a rising, globalizing market economy.
The ILD, in particular our leaders and researchers who had the good fortune to meet and work closely with don Miqueas MIshari Mofat, were saddened to hear of his passing yesterday. He helped found and advance indigenous causes in Peru and Latin America. A historical leader of the Ashaninka people’s struggles, and founder of AIDESEP (the National Organization of the Amazon Indigenous Peoples of Peru), don Miqueas, continued right to the end, his search for a solution to the economic and social marginalization of the indigenous citizens of the Peruvian Amazon. Since the violent events in Bagua, over two years ago which left 34 dead, don Miqueas approached our institute to seek an ally in this complex struggle. He shared his experience and his vision on the destiny of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. He found common ground in his untiring search for alternatives to the marginalization of our native brothers and sisters; and for concrete and viable solutions for economic integration, without sacrificing traditions and cultures. Don Miqueas´ legacy will live on in the pursuit of lasting change. He will be missed.
Opinion February 3, 2011
By HERNANDO DE SOTO
The headline that appeared on Al Jazeera on Jan. 14, a week before Egyptians took to the streets, affirmed that "[t]he real terror eating away at the Arab world is socio-economic marginalization."
20 December 2010 | Greetings from Ashoka’s Changemakers!
Land is one of the greatest assets of the world’s poor. Securing rights to this asset provides people with life-altering benefits—economic opportunity, enhanced identity, and personal dignity. Yet more than a billion people around the world live without these rights, unable to prove who they are and what they own
29 November 2010 - Editorial Norma presents the third book comprising the Hernando de Soto Library, The 12 Most Important Economists in the World - De Soto: with Smith and Stiglitz, which tells us why we should read the ideas and theories of these famous economists and thinkers.
"...Finance existed to support production, to back real recorded assets. Adam Smith wrote that finance was the wheel that brings in resources from the savers to the producing people who need it.
August 18, 2010, WASHINGTON DC and REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Omidyar Network and Ashoka’s Changemakers announced today they are launching an online competition to find the world’s top leaders working to increase secure access to property rights.
Just before the traditional military parade of the 29th of July began, an apparently secondary event took place: approximately one hundred men, women, senior citizens and children clashed with the police and military to force their way into the stands set up at the edge of Brazil Avenue to watch the parade.