Leeson, Peter T.,  1979- <br/><br/>
The invisible hook :  the hidden economics of pirates / 
Peter T. Leeson. 
 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  2009. 
 - xvi, 271 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-255) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691137476 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008049639 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pirates--History--Economic aspects.<br/>Economics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G535  / .L44 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330