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

by Katharina Pistor

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A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealth

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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691208603

ISBN13:9780691208602

Release Date:November 2020

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:316 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Law Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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