man, every individual has some piece of land by virtue of occupying it (De Soto, 2005, p. 467). The rule of law needs to be so constructed as to protect these property rights and enable people to resolve their disputes over them, and without the rule of law it is impossible to build a nation (De Soto, 2005, p. 476). Property ownership gives people a stake in their nation and a reason to promote its growth because they have an asset worth protecting. Moreover, property ownership is essential to business, since property needs to exist in order for factories, office buildings, and little shops to exist.
Pooristan needs to encourage the growth of small businesses. A common mistake is to undervalue the contribution of small businesses to a country's economy, but it is not the Wal-Marts of the world that make nations great; it is the myriad small business owners on the backs of whom the Wal-Marts eventually arise. Building a country's economy around one large corpora
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