by Álvaro Vargas Llosa · Espasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467031485
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«Lecciones de los pobres» is the economic essay by Álvaro Vargas Llosa, published by Espasa in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Five studies coordinated by Álvaro Vargas Llosa analyze business projects born in countries with precarious economies: the textile and soft-drink industry in Peru, retail chains and kiosks in Kenya, barter clubs in Argentina and clothing design in Nigeria. The work argues that private initiative can generate prosperity and that excessive government regulation hinders development and fosters clientelism and corruption.
Published in 2009 in the Espasa Forum collection, the volume includes the subtitle «El triunfo del espíritu emprendedor» and was edited with the collaboration of the Independent Institute.
Álvaro Mario Vargas-Llosa y Llosa, 2nd Marquess of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer and political commentator and public speaker on international affairs. He is also the writer and presenter of a documentary series for National Geographic Channel on contemporary Latin American history that is being shown around the world. He is the President of the Fundación International para la Libertad (FIL) and of the Cátedra Vargas Llosa. He was very involved in the struggle for the return of democracy in Peru at the end of the 1990s and the years 2000–2001. He was a member of the Global Commission for Post-Pandemic Policy together with several former heads of government, notable business people and public intellectuals. He speaks English, Spanish and French.
