[The Cuban]

The legal infrastructure in developed countries is "the hidden architecture of capitalism," de Soto says.

Used to exist in Cuba. Oh well.

[hinckley buzzard]

De Soto's book The Mystery of Capital comes as close as one person probably can get to the core of the problem. It is a powerful book based on the real world, and every freeper will be rewarded to read it.

He even goes back to ascertain how the US got to be the way it is, ie why capitalism works so well here but so poorly in so many other countries. No simple sound bite answers, but you can read this book and take a lesson in critical thinking about the real world.