Katharina Pistor
Katharina Pistor, Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School, is the author of The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality (Princeton University Press, 2019).
-
How the Public Loses Out When Politicians Cash In
How the Public Loses Out When Politicians Cash In
May 24, 2022 Katharina Pistor sees former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s conflicted interests as symptomatic of a bigger problem.
-
From Shock Therapy to Putin's War
Free to readFrom Shock Therapy to Putin's War
Feb 28, 2022 Katharina Pistor offers a reminder of the West's own role in smothering Russian democracy in its crib.
-
The EU Court Punts on the Rule of Law
The EU Court Punts on the Rule of Law
Feb 21, 2022 Katharina Pistor worries that the recent ruling against Poland and Hungary sets the stage for more legal hair-splitting.
-
The Legal Gift that Keeps on Grifting
The Legal Gift that Keeps on Grifting
Dec 15, 2021 Katharina Pistor shows how corporations are awarding shareholders through jurisdictional arbitrage, rather than real returns.
-
The Pandora Papers and the Threat to Democracy
The Pandora Papers and the Threat to Democracy
Oct 11, 2021 Katharina Pistor considers the implications of new revelations into the old ways that the rich hide their wealth.
