The Mystery of Capital

Stewart, Brian 1942- (journalist). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Journalist: Stewart, Brian, 1942-. (Cast).

Summary: In this documentary, CBC News' Brian Stewart meets Hernando de Soto, an economist from Peru who became famous interpreting the destructiveness of shadow economies in the developing world. In his book,The Mystery of Capital, de Soto explains how an absence of property rights leads to poverty in developing countries. People who can't show ownership in anything are condemned to live in illegal shadow economies and this includes billions of the world's poorest. Today it turns out the largest shadow economy of all is here in the West, in Wall Street and the banking system.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (18 min 48 sec)
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video
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Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:	Journalist: Stewart, Brian, 1942-.
Target Audience Note:	12-14.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: https://curio.ca/en/catalog/4a726b25-e713-4228-be57-58da994b3597
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	CBC/Radio Canada has perpetual access rights to this streaming content.
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation