Hernando de Soto
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Peruvian economist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hernando Soto Polar is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights. His work on the developing world has earned him praise worldwide by numerous heads of state, particularly for his publication The Mystery of Capital and The Other Path. He is the current president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy , a think tank devoted to promoting economic development in developing countries located in Lima, Peru.