Titre : | The code of capital : how the law creates wealth and inequality |
Auteurs : | Katharina Pistor, Auteur |
Type de document : | Ouvrages |
Editeur : | Princeton University Press, 2019 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-691-17897-4 |
Format : | xiii, 297 pages / 25 cm |
Langues: | Anglais |
Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] DROIT [Eurovoc] DROIT > sources et branches du droit > source du droit > législation > règlement [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > comptabilité nationale > revenu > répartition du revenu [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > comptabilité nationale > revenu > répartition du revenu > richesse [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > politique économique > politique économique > intégration économique > mondialisation [Eurovoc] ENTREPRISE ET CONCURRENCE > gestion comptable > comptabilité > résultat d'exploitation > bénéfice [Eurovoc] FINANCES > libre circulation des capitaux > saorghluaiseacht chaipitil > marché des capitaux [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > cadre social > structure sociale > inégalité sociale |
Tags : | capital ; economic aspects |
Résumé : | "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 ... 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."--Provided by publisher. |
Note de contenu : |
1. Empire of law --
2. Coding land -- 3. Cloning legal persons -- 4. Minting debt -- 5. Enclosing nature's code -- 6. A code for the globe -- 7. The masters of the code -- 8. A new code? -- 9. Capital rules by law |
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006396 | WA 238 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Disponible |