
The Code of Capital
How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
By: Katharina Pistor
Paperback | 22 September 2020
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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 various ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are selectively coded to protect and reproduce private wealth.
This provocative book paints a troubling portrait of the pervasive global nature of the code, the people who shape it, and the governments that enforce it.
One of Business Insider's Richard Feloni's best books of 2019 on how we can rethink today's capitalism and improve the economy
One of the Financial Times' Readers' Best Books of 2019
A Project Syndicate Best Read in 2019
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: Economics
About the Author
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.
Industry Reviews
Thomas Piketty author of Capital and Ideology
'Nothing less than a crisis theory of law.'
Adam Tooze New York Review of Books
'Almost anybody who reads the book will benefit; a must-read for corporate lawyers, investment bankers, capital providers.'
Rahul Saikia Financial Times
'A thought-provoking read, written in language non-lawyers will be able to grasp.'
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ISBN: 9780691208602
ISBN-10: 0691208603
Published: 22nd September 2020
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 15.7 x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.55
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