Die Freiheit der Stärkeren verdrängt jene der Schwächeren
Wie sich Investoren mit dem Privatrecht die Ressourcen der Welt aneignen. (How investors appropriate the world’s resources with private law)
August 5, 2026
Why Europe Needs a New Social Federalism
Joint commentary with Étienne Balibar, Justine Lacroix, Dominique Méda, Thomas Piketty,Guillaume Sacriste, Antoine Vauchez and Jonathan White
“….it is necessary to build a new transnational social alliance, starting from this shared interest in the survival of our democracies and thus bringing together all the forces favourable to such a project—forces that are today fragmented both at the European level and within national frameworks.” Social Europe, January 29, 2026
Book Events: The Law of Capitalism
Upcoming events:
Deakin University, Melbourne (Australia), October 28, 2026
Maynooth University, Maynooth (Ireland), October 13, 2026
CEU Vienna, Presidential Lecture, October 15, 2026
Bayreuth University, Bayreuth (Germany), October 21, 2026
Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany), October 20, 2026 (launch of German translation)
Past Events:
Banca d’Italia, Rome (Italy), June 17, 2026
Luiss University, Rome (Italy), June 17, 2026
AFEP Association Annual Meeting, Saint Brieuc (France), June 12, 2026
International Tax Observatory, Paris (France), June 11,2026
The Merode, Brussels (Belgium), June 3, 2026
European University Institute, Florence (Italy), May 13, 2026
Warwick University, Birmingham (UK), May 14, 2026.
Humboldt University Reading Group, May 6, 2026 (online)
Center for Political Economy @Columbia University (with Aaron Benanav, Jeremy Kessler, and Suresh Naidu), April 13, 2026
Institute for Law and Governance, WU Vienna, Webinar with Anne Sanders (Univ. Bielefeld) moderated by Verena Madner (WU Vienna), April 13, 2026
NYU, Jean Monnet Center, April 9, 2026
NYU LPE Student Group. April 6, 2026
KU Leuven: January 15, 2026
Hamburg University Law School, January 7, 2026
Columbia Law School LPE Chapter: November 19, 2025
Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt: October 24, 2025
Humboldt University: October 21, 2025
Princeton University: September 18. 2025
Amsterdam University, September 29, 2025
Yale University Law School, September 11, 2025
Tel Aviv Law School (via zoom), May 7, 2025
Richmond Law School, March 27, 2025.
Adorno Lectures Reviews
Review of the three Adorno Lectures I delivered at the Institut für Sozialforschung in Frankfurt 22-24 October
Review it All
A request to review all aspects of Columbia University’s governance structure and not focus on the University’s Senate, the only body with participation of administrators, faculty, and students.
Das Recht des Stärkeren
Die Machtergreifung der Reichsten: Die libertären Rechten unterwerfen den Staatsapparat der autoritären Logik der Privatwirtschaft. Beitrag im Wirtschaftsmagazin Surplus Nr. 2 Die Ära der Kettensäge
Grammar of Calculated Ambiguity
Katharina Pistor participated in this video-are-project by the Swiss media-artist Gabriela Löffel, that dissects the role of professional services, including lawyers, accountants and trust advisors, in expanding the system of offshore finance and tax avoidance.