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The Code of Capital
How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
Buch von Katharina Pistor
Sprache: Englisch

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Capital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that automatically creates more wealth? The Code of Capital explains how capital is created behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, and why this little-known fact is one of the biggest reasons for the widening wealth gap between the holders of capital and everybody else. In this revealing book, Katharina Pistor argues that the law selectively "codes" certain assets, endowing them with the capacity to protect and produce private wealth. With the right legal coding, any object, claim, or idea can be turned into capital--and lawyers are the keepers of the code. Pistor describes how they pick and choose among different legal systems and legal devices for the ones that best serve their clients' needs, and how techniques that were first perfected centuries ago to code landholdings as capital are being used today to code stocks, bonds, ideas, and even expectations--assets that exist only in law.
Capital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that automatically creates more wealth? The Code of Capital explains how capital is created behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, and why this little-known fact is one of the biggest reasons for the widening wealth gap between the holders of capital and everybody else. In this revealing book, Katharina Pistor argues that the law selectively "codes" certain assets, endowing them with the capacity to protect and produce private wealth. With the right legal coding, any object, claim, or idea can be turned into capital--and lawyers are the keepers of the code. Pistor describes how they pick and choose among different legal systems and legal devices for the ones that best serve their clients' needs, and how techniques that were first perfected centuries ago to code landholdings as capital are being used today to code stocks, bonds, ideas, and even expectations--assets that exist only in law.
Über den Autor
Katharina Pistor
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780691178974
ISBN-10: 0691178976
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Pistor, Katharina
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 244 x 163 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Katharina Pistor
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.05.2019
Gewicht: 0,68 kg
Artikel-ID: 114900134
Über den Autor
Katharina Pistor
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780691178974
ISBN-10: 0691178976
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Pistor, Katharina
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 244 x 163 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Katharina Pistor
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.05.2019
Gewicht: 0,68 kg
Artikel-ID: 114900134
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