Mystifying the Concept of Capital: Hernando de Soto's Misdiagnosis of the...

The Independent Review;  July 1, 2008 ;   Ahiakpor, James C W;   787 words ......he equates with economic development, in the West...book have praised de Soto's diagnosis of...these accolades, de Soto is quite mistaken...real hindrance to economic development in the Third World...being misled.2 De Soto appears to have...the hindrance ...

INTERVIEW: DE SOTO'S PLAN FOR THE POOR

United Press International;  May 8, 2002 ;     787 words ...00-00-0000 Interview: De Soto's plan for the poor LOS ANGELES, May...Peruvian economic reformer Hernando de Soto offered an optimistic but hard-headed...convict-turned- philanthropist. Yet, de Soto, who hasn't won the Nobel, because he...

De Soto's dream all his life, Hernando de Soto dreamed of gold and glory....

Junior Scholastic;  September 1, 2008 ;   Wilmore, Kathy;   787 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Characters PROLOGUE NARRATOR HERNANDO DE SOTO CATALINA } Hernando's MARIA } sisters FRANCISCO MENDEZ DE SOTO, their father ISABEL, wife of Hernando de Soto RODRIGO RANJEL, a soldier serving under de Soto JUAN ORTIZ, an...

Interview: De Soto's plan for the poor.

United Press International;  May 10, 2002 ;     787 words ......Magazine, Peruvian economic reformer Hernando de Soto offered an optimistic but hard-headed...junk-bond-king-turned-convict-turned- philanthropist. Yet, de Soto, who hasn't won the Nobel, because he...highly different approach to economics. De Soto's central point is that the Third ...

VIEW FROM THE PALACE; De Soto theory the key to empowering the people

Filipino Reporter;  February 3, 2005 ;   Bunye, Ignacio R.;   570 words ......described as the first of a series of De Soto tours. During the next few days, she intends to visit pilot De Soto projects which are being planned in the...a number of readers are asking who is De Soto and why him? I first heard his name two...

Property Wrongs.(Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto and property...

Foreign Policy;  November 1, 2001 ;   Bourbeau, Heather;   787 words ......Third World development guru Hernando de Soto is spreading a new gospel: The meek need...presentations and challenging hand gestures, de Soto offers his pitch: The world's poor are...prevalent in the developing world. The cult of de Soto is large and growing, boosted in significant...

De Soto's Different Path;How a Surprising Bestseller May Jolt Third World...

The Washington Post;  January 27, 1991 ;   Peter F. Schaefer;   787 words ......expatriate businessman named Hernando de Soto returned to his native Peru from Switzerland...family visit. Trained as an economist, de Soto looked around at the economic decay of...including novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, de Soto founded the Institute for Liberty and...

In His Leaked End-of-Mission Report, U.N. Mideast Envoy de Soto Tells It...

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;  August 1, 2007 ;   Williams, Ian;   787 words ......Representative for the Peace Process, Alvaro de Soto. Leaked to me by U.N. staff who are concerned...the organization's attitude has changed, de Soto's report complained that he was not allowed...with "two phone calls and one handshake," de Soto compares himself to the Black Knight ...

Ga. Find May Alter A Path in History; Researcher: Artifacts Suggest de...

The Washington Post;  December 23, 2007 ;   Russ Bynum;   782 words ......taken by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. For archaeologist Dennis Blanton, it...some group of Spanish explorers -- if not de Soto himself. "It's pretty much 'case closed...the most plausible source, it would be de Soto." But it also presents a mystery: The...

Exploring De Soto's path into `Sun' of New World.(Books)

The Washington Times;  August 31, 1997 ;   West, Woody;   787 words ......eminently readable account of Hernando de Soto's four-year exploration of La Florida...narrative and a detailed recounting of De Soto's route (so far as it has been established...warns, will be disabused of any notion of De Soto as a romantic hero. He was a man of the...

The economist versus the terrorist; Face value.(Hernando de Soto, a...

The Economist (US);  February 1, 2003 ;     787 words ...Hernando de Soto believes that capitalism can defeat terrorism...usual fate of an economist. But Hernando de Soto is no ordinary practitioner of the dismal...this message gained a new urgency. Mr de Soto was already increasingly influential with...

De Soto Discovers The Mississippi

History of the World;    Abbott, John S. C.;   787 words ...00-00-0000 De Soto Discovers The Mississippi 1541 From the...region was unexplored, but in 1539 Hernando de Soto, the companion of Pizarro in the conquest...still looking for the phantom El Dorado. De Soto directed his footsteps in a westerly direction...

DE SOTO, HERNANDO (about 1500-1542)

Young Students Learning Library;      175 words ...00-00-0000 Spain's desire for gold led Hernando de Soto to explore vast areas of southeastern...the Spanish conquest of Central America. De Soto joined Francisco Pizarro in 1532, in conquering...Florida. With an army of about 600 men, de Soto landed near what is now Tampa Bay, Florida...

De Soto shuts down K.C. Sumner, 18-0.

Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas);  September 8, 2006 ;     107 words ...Sep. 8--DeSoto -- Two first-half safeties helped De Soto shut out K.C. Sumner, 18-0, Thursday night. The Wildcats (2-0) will play at Anderson next Friday. De Soto 18, K.C. Sumner 0 De Soto 2 2 7 7 -- 18 Sumner 0 0 0 0 -- 0 De Soto Highlights...

Interview: Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto discusses Third World...

Morning Edition (NPR);  December 29, 2000 ;   BOB EDWARDS;   787 words ......Interview: Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto discusses Third World economies Host...prominent Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto says the best solution for the majority...dollars worth of assets. But Hernando De Soto has evidence to suggest it's true. He...