The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

by Peter T. Leeson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691150095
• ISBN13: 9780691150093
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.2"