“The way law stays alive is by remaining in touch with social contracts pieced together among real people on the ground.” — Hernando de Soto Copy Share Image
“In Haiti, untitled rural and urban real estate holdings are together worth some 5.2 billion. To put that sum in context, it is four… — Hernando de Soto Copy Share Image
“If there are costs to becoming legal, there are also bound to be costs to remaining outside the law. We found that operating outside… — Hernando de Soto Copy Share Image
“Formal property’s contribution to mankind is not the protection of ownership; squatters, housing organizations, mafias, and even primitive tribes manage to protect their assets… — Hernando de Soto Copy Share Image
“The way law stays alive is by remaining in touch with social contracts pieced together among real people on the ground.” — Hernando de Soto Copy Share Image
