▁Rand ▁Paul ▁and ▁J eb ▁Bush . ▁ ▁Once ▁again ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁De ▁S oto ▁released ▁his ▁second ▁article , ▁How ▁to ▁Win ▁the ▁War ▁on ▁T error , ▁which ▁focused ▁on ▁defe ating ▁terror ism ▁through ▁prom oting ▁strong ▁property ▁rights . ▁The ▁article ▁was ▁distributed ▁by ▁Project ▁Sy nd icate ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁do z ens ▁of ▁countries ▁and ▁languages , ▁including ▁in ▁Switzerland ▁by ▁the ▁World ▁Econom ic ▁Forum ▁in ▁advance ▁of ▁their ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁forum . ▁ ▁De ▁S oto ▁challeng es ▁Thomas ▁P ik et ty ▁and ▁approaches ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁De ▁S oto ▁started ▁to ▁ref ute ▁French ▁econom ist ▁Thomas ▁P ik et ty ’ s ▁th esis ▁by ▁arg uing ▁that ▁his ▁recent ▁attacks ▁against ▁capital ▁in ▁his ▁world wide ▁best ▁s eller ▁book ▁" Cap ital ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁Century " ▁were ▁un just ified . ▁His ▁op - ed ▁article ▁challeng ing ▁P ik et ty , ▁‘ The ▁Po or ▁Again st ▁P ik et ty ’ ▁( F rench ▁- ▁Les ▁pau v res ▁contre ▁P ik et ty ) ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁France ' s ▁news ▁magazine ▁Le ▁Point ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁De ▁S oto ▁argued ▁that ▁P ik et ty ' s ▁statistics ▁ignore ▁the ▁ 9 0 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁population ▁that ▁lives ▁in ▁developing ▁countries ▁and ▁former ▁Soviet ▁states