Pirate Economics 101: A Q&A With Invisible Hook Author Peter Leeson
…U.S. and the rag-tag confederation of Somali pirates, it’s worth looking to the past for clues on how to tame the outlaw seas. Peter Leeson, an economist at George Mason…
He’s an economist who studies even weirder things than Steve. They discuss whether economics is the best of the social sciences, and why it’s a good idea to get a…
…U.S. and the rag-tag confederation of Somali pirates, it’s worth looking to the past for clues on how to tame the outlaw seas. Peter Leeson, an economist at George Mason…
Curses and other superstitions may have no basis in reality, but that doesn’t stop us from believing.
It isn’t easy to separate the guilty from the innocent, but a clever bit of game theory can help.
…interesting insights quickly won me over to Leeson’s work. More recently, I was lucky enough to have Leeson, who is a professor at George Mason University, spend the fall quarter…
Steve usually asks his guests for advice, whether they’re magicians or Nobel laureates. After nearly 60 episodes, is any of it worth following — or should we just ask listeners…
We can learn a lot about the evolution of democracy by studying pirates in history, says George Mason University economist Peter T. Leeson. As early as the 1670’s, pirates were…
My friend Pete Leeson is one of the most original and creative economists I know.? First, he wrote about pirate economics (he was even kind enough to write three guest…
…that are consistent through time. Gapper delves into evolutionary biology and the research of Daniel Kahneman to better understand the nature of men like Nick Leeson, Joe Jett, and Jerome…
…which the article says is already happening). Kind of like the Scarecrow Effect, noted earlier here. 3. Nick Leeson, the onetime British rogue trader who brought down Barings Bank by…
(iStockphoto) Peter Leeson, Peter Boettke, and Jayme Lemke, all of George Mason University, have issued a new paper called “Wife Sales” (abstract here; PDF here): For over a century English…
Peter Leeson is the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at George Mason University. He is particularly interested in the economics of 18th-century pirates, as reflected in his forthcoming…
…been meant to be shopkeepers or yeoman farmers, they would never have ended up on Henry Morgan’s ship in the first place. For further reading: The economist Peter Leeson has…
…of economist/pirate scholar Peter Leeson. His book on the subject, The Invisible Hook, will be published next month. In the meantime, those of you looking for a pirate fix should…
Marginal decisions to increase the net of revenue minus costs arise in non-profit organizations as much as in companies. The designers of a recent book, Peter Leeson‘s The Invisible Hook…
