TY - BOOK ID - 46356946 TI - The code of capital : how the law creates wealth and inequality PY - 2019 SN - 0691178976 9780691178974 9780691208602 PB - Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Capital. KW - Profit. KW - Income distribution. KW - Law KW - Economic aspects. KW - National wealth KW - Financial law KW - Capital KW - Profit KW - Income distribution KW - Economic aspects KW - Lawyers. KW - Law and globalization. KW - sociale ongelijkheid KW - Law and globalization KW - Globalization and law KW - Globalization KW - Distribution of income KW - Income inequality KW - Inequality of income KW - Distribution (Economic theory) KW - Disposable income KW - Net income KW - Business KW - Economics KW - Finance KW - Surplus (Economics) KW - Surplus value KW - Wealth KW - Income KW - Risk KW - Capital assets KW - Fixed assets KW - Capitalism KW - Infrastructure (Economics) KW - 301.17 KW - 330.342.14 KW - 330.342.14 Kapitalistische economie. Free enterprise. Markteconomie. Vrije concurrentie KW - Kapitalistische economie. Free enterprise. Markteconomie. Vrije concurrentie KW - Revenu KW - Droit KW - Droit et mondialisation. KW - Juristes. KW - Répartition. KW - Codification. KW - Aspect économique. KW - 301.172.1 KW - 330.148 KW - sociale ongelijkheid - sociale stratificatie KW - kapitalisme - antikapitalisme KW - Law - Economic aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46356946 AB - 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 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. ER -