The invisible hook
Subtitle: the hidden economics of pirates
By: Peter T. Leeson.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780691137476
Subjects: Pirates -- History -- Economic aspects; Economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The invisible hook; title: Vote for Blackbeard. The economics of pirate democracy; title: An-arrgh-chy. The economics of the pirate code; title: Skull & bones. The economics of the Jolly Roger; title: Walk the plank. The economics of pirate torture; title: Pressing pegleg. The economics of pirate conscription; title: Equal pay for equal prey. The economics of pirate tolerance; title: The secrets of pirate management; title: Epilogue: omnipresent economics; title: Postscript: you can't keep a sea dog down. The fall and rise of piracy.