The Other Path framed economic reform as an answer to terrorism

Evidence

In 1987 the ILD published a book based on its research and reform programs, under the title El Otro Sendero (“The Other Path”), subtitled “The Economic Answer to Terrorism.” Its authors were de Soto and two of his collaborators, Enrique Ghersi Silva, a lawyer-economist influenced by the Chicago law and economics movement (see Van Horn, Chapter 6 in this volume) and subsequently a member and director of the Mont Pèlerin Society, and Mario Ghibellini, a writer. De Soto’s organization of the team that produced the book exemplified the role of the neoliberal intellectual entrepreneur. “My contribution was that of the businessman,” he explained. “I set my goals, identified my limitations, and obtained the resources to achieve the first and offset the second” (De Soto 1989, xxix). — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1951

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows how the ILD framed de Soto’s book — ‘The Economic Answer to Terrorism’ — connecting economic liberalism to security discourse.
• XREF: Links the Chicago law-and-economics connection to de Soto’s property-rights project, echoing the trade-law literature already read. — connects to: Terrorism shook Western faith that welfare state reforms eliminate civil strife; Perceived Third World radicalism mobilized support for counter-revolutionary economics — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1735; Moral reform requires economic reform as its concrete form

Broader Connections

• Perceived Third World radicalism mobilized support for counter-revolutionary economics #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1735
• Terrorism shook Western faith that welfare state reforms eliminate civil strife #corroborates (0.80)
• Moral reform requires economic reform as its concrete form #corroborates (0.80)