The Code of Capital
How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
$78.78
- Paperback
316 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2021
Summary
What is it that transforms a simple object, an idea, or a promise to pay into an asset that creates wealth?
Katharina Pistor explains how, behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, capital is created — and why this little-known activity is one of the biggest reasons for the widening wealth gap between the holders of capital and everybody else. A powerful new way of thinking about one of the most pernicious problems of our time, The Code of Capital explores the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691208602 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691208603 |
| Author: | Katharina Pistor |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 316 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
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Katharina Pistor
Katharina Pistor is the Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law and director of the Center on Global Legal Transformation at Columbia Law School. Her books include Law and Capitalism: What Corporate Crises Reveal about Legal Systems and Economic Development around the World.
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