Mystery of Capital and the Construction of Social Reality Book

Introduction

1 What I Do, and How Philosophy Has Helped Me Hernando de Soto de Soto, Hernando 1

2 Social Ontology and Political Power John R. Searle Searle, John R. 19

3 Searle and de Soto: The New Ontology of the Social World Barry Smith Smith, Barry 35

4 The Construction of Social Reality: Searle, de Soto, and Disney Jeremy Shearmur Shearmur, Jeremy 53

5 How Philosophy and Science May Interact: A Case Study of Works by John Searle and Hernando de Soto Ingvar Johansson Johansson, Ingvar 79

6 Language and Institutions in Searle's The Construction of Social Reality Josef Moural Moural, Josef 97

7 The Mystery of Human Capital as Engine of Growth, or Why the U.S. became the Economic Superpower in the Twentieth Century Isaac Ehrlich Ehrlich, Isaac 113

8 Allocation and Misallocation of Human Capital: Some Lessons from Japan and Russia Serguey Braguinsky Braguinsky, Serguey 159

9 On the Essential Nature of Human Capital Gloria Zuniga y Postigo Zuniga y Postigo, Gloria 173

10 Property Law for Development Policy and Institutional Theory: Problems of Structure, Choice, and Change Errol Meidinger Meidinger, Errol 193

11 The Institutionalization of Real Property Rights: The Case of Denmark Erik Stubkjaer Stubkjaer, Erik 229

12 A Case for Simple Laws Andrew U. Frank Frank, Andrew U. 261

Postscript by Carlos Alejandro Cabrera Del Valle 276

13 Sovereigns, Squatters, and Property Rights: From Guano Islands to the Moon David R. Koepsell Koepsell, David R. 281

14 The Property Rights Prescription: Urban Migrants versus Rural Customary Land Tenure in the Developing World Jon D. Unruh Unruh, Jon D. 291

15 Geographic Regions as Brute Facts,Social Facts, and Institutional Facts Daniel R. Montello Montello, Daniel R. 305

16 Collective Intentionality, Documentation, and Real Estate Dan Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Dan 317

17 Real Institutions, and Really Legitimate Institutions Eric Palmer Palmer, Eric 331

Contributors 347

Index 351