The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

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The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality is a scholarly book that explains how legal institutions and instruments are used to turn assets into capital, thereby shaping global wealth distribution and reinforcing economic inequality.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
scholarly work ⓘ
argument inequality is produced and reinforced by legal design ⓘ
legal systems privilege certain asset holders ⓘ
private law enables wealth protection and accumulation ⓘ
author Katharina Pistor ⓘ
centralThesis law is used to code assets as capital ⓘ
legal coding of assets shapes wealth distribution ⓘ
private law is a key infrastructure of capitalism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresConcept bankruptcy law ⓘ
collateral law ⓘ
corporate law ⓘ
derivatives ⓘ
legal coding of capital ⓘ
offshore financial centers ⓘ
role of lawyers in creating capital ⓘ
securitization ⓘ
trusts ⓘ
focusesOn Anglo-American legal tradition ⓘ
global financial markets ⓘ
genre economic sociology ⓘ
law ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
hasFormat audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers interested in political economy ⓘ
policy makers ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
students ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor critique of legal foundations of inequality ⓘ
interdisciplinary analysis of law and capitalism ⓘ
publicationDate 2019 ⓘ
publisher Princeton University Press ⓘ
subject assetization ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
financial law ⓘ
global finance ⓘ
inequality ⓘ
legal institutions ⓘ
private law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
wealth distribution ⓘ

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