false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984009m/5999777.jpg 5999777 1 Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! <i>The Invisible Hook</i> 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? <i>The Invisible Hook</i> 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.<br><br> <i>The Invisible Hook</i> looks at legendary pirate captains like Blackbeard, Black Bart Roberts, and Calico Jack Rackam, and shows how pirates' search for plunder led them to pioneer remarkable and forward-thinking practices. Pirates understood the advantages of constitutional democracy--a model they adopted more than fifty years before the United States did so. Pirates also initiated an early system of workers' compensation, regulated drinking and smoking, and in some cases practiced racial tolerance and equality. Leeson contends that pirates exemplified the virtues of vice--their self-seeking interests generated socially desirable effects and their greedy criminality secured social order. Pirates proved that anarchy could be organized.<br><br> Revealing the democratic and economic forces propelling history's most colorful criminals, <i>The Invisible Hook</i> establishes pirates' trailblazing relevance to the contemporary world. 6174599 5 5 2009 The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates total:23|5:5|4:6|3:7|2:4|1:1| 23 79 89 7 5999777 0691137471 9780691137476 23 7 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984009m/5999777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5999777.The_Invisible_Hook_The_Hidden_Economics_of_Pirates 3 0 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:07:20 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 20:21:54 -0700 2009 1 The Invisible Hook is an entertaining yet very informative look at early 18th century piracy through the lens of modern economic theory. Leeson does a good job of presenting the available literature on the history of this era concisely and dispelling myths. The economics insights are also interestin...more...]]> 5999777 0691137471 9780691137476 23 7 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984009m/5999777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5999777.The_Invisible_Hook_The_Hidden_Economics_of_Pirates 5 0 false Mon Jun 29 05:09:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:30:11 -0700 2009
Leeson is working at a severe disadvantage because in the end, after he's discussed views on slavery and flags and getting back at captains in the British Navy--it's still a book on economics. And any discussion of n recalls to me a stifling classroom, professori...more...]]> 5999777 0691137471 9780691137476 23 7 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984009m/5999777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5999777.The_Invisible_Hook_The_Hidden_Economics_of_Pirates 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 05:46:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 05:53:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5999777 0691137471 9780691137476 23 7 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984009m/5999777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5999777.The_Invisible_Hook_The_Hidden_Economics_of_Pirates 2 0 false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 05:38:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:25:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5999777 0691137471 9780691137476 23 7 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984009m/5999777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5999777.The_Invisible_Hook_The_Hidden_Economics_of_Pirates 3 0 false Wed Nov 18 02:18:58 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 05:11:38 -0800 2009
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