{"product_id":"the-law-of-capitalism-and-how-to-transform-it","title":"The Law of Capitalism and How to Transform It","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapitalism is not primarily an economic system, Katharina Pistor argues in this Yale University Press study. It is a legal regime. Law provides the tools for coding ordinary objects, promises, and ideas as capital assets, and it provides the escape routes that powerful private actors use to avoid the constraints that democratic societies have tried to impose. The result is a system that generates wealth with one hand and structural inequality with the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePistor draws on her expertise in comparative law to trace how Western legal systems have consistently empowered private interests at the expense of collective well-being. Her analysis connects legal architecture to the two most pressing crises of our moment: the erosion of democratic self-governance and the acceleration of economic inequality. This is not a polemic, it is a carefully argued scholarly case, built on deep knowledge of how private law actually works across jurisdictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor faculty in law, economics, and political economy, this book offers a rigorous framework for courses on law and society, comparative capitalism, or political economy. It pairs naturally with Pistor's earlier \u003cem\u003eThe Code of Capital\u003c\/em\u003e and with broader syllabi on institutional economics, regulatory theory, and democratic governance. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand the structural underpinnings of contemporary capitalism and the legal levers available for reform.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44053904588897,"sku":"9780300282801","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0629\/4978\/5697\/files\/cover_7534569422945.jpg?v=1776873341","url":"https:\/\/shop.fpxp.io\/products\/the-law-of-capitalism-and-how-to-transform-it","provider":"Inkwell General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}