The Other Path Quotes

“The principal enemy of these entrepreneurs is the existing legal s}'stem, which excludes them.”
― Hernando de Soto, The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism

“If you are committed to economic development in your country, should terror suddenly erupt, you cannot just stand on the sidelines claiming that you are an economist or a lawyer or businessman without any expertise in political violence. You have an obligation to use your professional training to try to understand the economic and legal reasons why poor people take tip arms and then identify ways of using that bitterness and anger against the status quo to create an efficient legal sys- tenm under which everyone can prosper.”
― Hernando de Soto, The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism