The Code of Capital
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Katharina Pistor argues that legal arrangements help turn ordinary assets into durable sources of wealth. Looking at property, contracts, trusts, and corporate structures, she examines how legal protections allocate risk, priority, and the rewards of ownership.
Why I include it
Sometimes the rules themselves are the subject worth examining. This is a demanding companion to the reporting on offshore finance, asking how legal arrangements shape wealth and inequality.
