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The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

by Peter T. Leeson

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss–it’s time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates’ notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

Jul 25, 2011

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9780691150093