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Rule of Law & Property Rights
What the rule of law means (law above rulers, clear, applied equally), why secure property rights drive investment, de Soto's 'dead capital', Acemoglu and Robinson's inclusive vs extractive institutions, and how they're measured.
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Prereqs: Law basics; the US Constitution. Next: Political economy; liberalism, conservatism & socialism. Sources: A.V. Dicey (1885); Hernando de Soto, *The Mystery of Capital* (2000); Acemoglu & Robinson, *Why Nations Fail* (2012); World Justice Project Rule of Law Index.Next: 1. Definitions