The Invisible Hook

Pirates can teach us quite a lot about democracy and economics. What can Blackbeard teach us about signaling theory? Why were pirates racially progressive for their era? And is it possible that pirate ships were laboratories for experiments with constitutional democracy? In this episode, we speak to Professor Peter Leeson of George Mason University, and Dr. Rebecca Simon, an expert on pirate history. You can get Professor Peter's book, The Invisible Hook at You can support our work here: Patreon.com/powercorrupts And you can pre-order Brian's new book, Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us, here (or wherever you buy books):

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The Invisible Hook is an episode from Power Corrupts by Brian Klaas.

This episode is 46:13 long.

This episode was published on Oct 12, 2021.

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