The invisible hook: the hidden economics of pirates

The invisible hook

Vote for Blackbeard. The economics of pirate democracy

An-arrgh-chy. The economics of the pirate code

Skull & bones. The economics of the Jolly Roger

Walk the plank. The economics of pirate torture

Pressing pegleg. The economics of pirate conscription

Equal pay for equal prey. The economics of pirate tolerance

The secrets of pirate management

Epilogue: omnipresent economics

Postscript: you can't keep a sea dog down. The fall and rise of piracy.