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A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crises

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A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crises

The legal scholar Katharina Pistor examines the hidden legal layer propping up our modern economic system.

The New York Times,

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Capital is a function of laws that assign it specific characteristics and privileges, both good and bad.