The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of PiratesPrinceton University Press, 2009 M03 31 - 288 páginas 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 pirates fly flags of Skull & Bones? Why did they create a "pirate code"? Were pirates really ferocious madmen? And what made them so successful? The Invisible Hook uses economics to examine these and other infamous aspects of piracy. Leeson argues that the pirate customs we know and love resulted from pirates responding rationally to prevailing economic conditions in the pursuit of profits. |
Contenido
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2 Vote for Blackbeard The Economics of Pirate Democracy | 23 |
3 Anarrghchy The Economics of the Pirate Code | 45 |
4 Skull Bones The Economics of the Jolly Roger | 82 |
5 Walk the Plank The Economics of Pirate Torture | 107 |
6 Pressing Pegleg The Economics of Pirate Conscription | 134 |
7 Equal Pay for Equal Prey The Economics of Pirate Tolerance | 156 |
8 The Secrets of Pirate Management | 176 |
Omnipresent Economics | 194 |
You Cant Keep a Sea Dog Down The Fall and Rise of Piracy | 197 |
Where This Book Found Its Buried Treasure A Note on Sources | 207 |
Notes | 213 |
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