What links Kenya, Benazir Bhutto, the EU and Gordon Brown?

«Two clues: private property and the rule of law.
The single most fascinating thing I read last year was about the rise of mobile phones in Kenya. Not, you might think, the most thrilling of topics. In which case you'd be wrong, because it also helps to explain the murder of Benazir Bhutto, the reaction to Gordon Brown's refusal to call an election last autumn, the growth of the EU and the past few days' riots in Kenya....»

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ILD President Considered One of the Twelve Most Influential Economists in History

Zurich, May 2007.- The renowned German and Swiss publishing house Orell Füssli has released René Lüchinger's latest book --The World’s Twelve Most Influential Economists-- that lists ILD President Hernando de Soto in the company of David Ricardo, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Leon Walras, Peter Drucker, Friedrich A. Von Hayek, Milton Friedman, John Forbes Nash, John M. Keynes, Amartya Sen, and Joseph Stiglitz. The book provides, among other things, a description of each's "ongoing impact on the world’s opinion leaders and decision makers in the corridors of power".

Ghana: Property Rights Take Centre Stage

November 2007.- "The Asantehene (King of the Asante ethnic group) [is studying ways to resolve] the most serious developmental challenges facing not only the Asante ethnic group but also the entire Ghana – how to use ancestral lands, as property for loans". More