The Code of Capital: Law, Wealth and Inequality by Katharina Pistor | Book Club

Full Title: The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

Suggested by: Extra: Book Shop Selection

Pages to read: 239
ISBN: 9780691208602 (Originally listed edition, and Edition I am Using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is capital?
•What are assets?
•Why is capital coded in law?
•What attributes do legal modules bestow?
•What power does the legal code have?
•Why change the law?
•What is a corporation?
•What happens to capital with the erosion of legitimacy of states?
•How do laws evolve and get interpreted?
•How did the Maya see their land?
•Under feudalism, how could land be transferred?
•How did Europeans change the code of capital on the First Peoples land?
•How did property rights spread?
•What is Coase Theorem?
•What can be coded into capital?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.