Katharina Pistor

Writing for PS since 2000
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Katharina Pistor is Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School and the author of The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality (Princeton University Press).

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Why America’s CEOs Have Turned Against Shareholders
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Why America’s CEOs Have Turned Against Shareholders

Aug 26, 2019 Katharina Pistor explains what lies behind the Business Roundtable's support for a multi-stakeholder corporate-governance model.

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The Right Response to the Libra Threat
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The Right Response to the Libra Threat

Aug 5, 2019 Katharina Pistor & Co-Pierre Georg propose how governments can get ahead of developments in private digital currencies and payment systems.

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Facebook’s Libra Must Be Stopped
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Facebook’s Libra Must Be Stopped

Jun 20, 2019 Katharina Pistor warns that a run on the tech giant's new payment system would look like the 2008 financial crisis on steroids.

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When Democracy Fails the People
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When Democracy Fails the People

Mar 11, 2016 Katharina Pistor explores the governance implications of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

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The Problem With a Small Europe
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The Problem With a Small Europe

Jun 23, 2015 Katharina Pistor exposes the flaws in EU creditor countries’ vision of Europe’s future.

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The Economic Consequences of Automation

Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.