The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates /
Leeson, Peter T., 1979-
The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates / Peter T. Leeson. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009. - xvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-255) and index.
The invisible hook -- Vote for Blackbeard. The economics of pirate democracy -- An-arrgh-chy. The economics of the pirate code -- Skull & bones. The economics of the Jolly Roger -- Walk the plank. The economics of pirate torture -- Pressing pegleg. The economics of pirate conscription -- Equal pay for equal prey. The economics of pirate tolerance -- The secrets of pirate management -- Epilogue: omnipresent economics -- Postscript: you can't keep a sea dog down. The fall and rise of piracy.
9780691137476 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008049639
Pirates--History--Economic aspects.
Economics.
G535 / .L44 2009
330
The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates / Peter T. Leeson. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009. - xvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-255) and index.
The invisible hook -- Vote for Blackbeard. The economics of pirate democracy -- An-arrgh-chy. The economics of the pirate code -- Skull & bones. The economics of the Jolly Roger -- Walk the plank. The economics of pirate torture -- Pressing pegleg. The economics of pirate conscription -- Equal pay for equal prey. The economics of pirate tolerance -- The secrets of pirate management -- Epilogue: omnipresent economics -- Postscript: you can't keep a sea dog down. The fall and rise of piracy.
9780691137476 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008049639
Pirates--History--Economic aspects.
Economics.
G535 / .L44 2009
330