Peter 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 behaviour. Why did pirates fly flags of Skull & Bones? Why did they create a...