The code of capital: how the law creates wealth and inequality

摘要

The author rips open the underbelly of the corporate financial world by going into the mechanics of wealth creation, through the process of coding financial instruments into universally acceptable legal documents. Pistor has exploded the belief of most people that financial instruments traded across the world are creatures of law of sovereign states and are secure. Pistor has proved beyond doubt how ideas are coded by the legal profession and made into legal instruments, through the route of existing international and bilateral agreements or international associations, recognised by sovereign governments.