Throughout the southern hemisphere political leaders are finally acknowledging the truth of de Soto's studies and are working to unleash the tremendous energy of the informal sector. Doubtless, it is sat least an inchoate understanding of a few fundamentals central to our religious traditions. These newly enterprising people, from Bangkok to Bogota, take the commandment to mean more than merely to procreate, but to engage in profitable business. This free market revolution, now rapidly causing borders to vanish around the world, can be nothing less than Providential. Let us hope that we will have enough wisdom not to replace the Almighty God with economic theory, nor faith with ideology, and that the New York Times Magazine will have the grace to notice.
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