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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Target entity: The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality Context triple: [Katharina Pistor, notableWork, The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality]
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The Price of Inequality
The Price of Inequality is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that analyzes the causes and consequences of growing economic inequality and argues for policy reforms to create a fairer, more stable society.
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The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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D.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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On Economic Inequality
On Economic Inequality is a seminal work by Amartya Sen that analyzes the nature, measurement, and moral implications of economic inequality within and across societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality Target entity description: 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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A.
The Price of Inequality
The Price of Inequality is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that analyzes the causes and consequences of growing economic inequality and argues for policy reforms to create a fairer, more stable society.
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B.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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C.
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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D.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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E.
On Economic Inequality
On Economic Inequality is a seminal work by Amartya Sen that analyzes the nature, measurement, and moral implications of economic inequality within and across societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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non-fiction book ⓘ scholarly work ⓘ |
| argument |
inequality is produced and reinforced by legal design
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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
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legal coding of assets shapes wealth distribution ⓘ private law is a key infrastructure of capitalism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
bankruptcy law
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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
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global financial markets ⓘ |
| genre |
economic sociology
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law ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in political economy
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policy makers ⓘ scholars ⓘ students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of legal foundations of inequality
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interdisciplinary analysis of law and capitalism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2019 ⓘ |
| publisher | Princeton University Press ⓘ |
| subject |
assetization
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capitalism ⓘ financial law ⓘ global finance ⓘ inequality ⓘ legal institutions ⓘ private law ⓘ property law ⓘ wealth distribution ⓘ |
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Subject: The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality Description of subject: 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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