Ahoy ya mateies, it'd be international talk like a pirate day. So I'd be thinking, it's time to talk about the

pirate life and how much of the legends of the pirates be true. Did they bury their gold?

Did they fly the Jolly Roger, and did their dogs have scurvy?

And most important, did they talk like this.

So join me as I cast me pod on this episode of Arverthing, Arvereware. This episode is sponsored by Audible.

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My audiobook recommendation today is The Invisible Hook, The Hidden Economics of Pirates by

Peter Leeson. The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wildly world of late 17th and early 18th century

pirates.

With swashbuckling irrelevance and devilish wit, Peter Leeson covers the hidden economics

behind pirates notorious entertaining and sometimes

downright shocking behavior.

Why did pirates fly flags of skull and bones?

Why did they create a pirate code?

Were pirates really ferocious madmen? and what made them so successful.

The Invisible Hook uses economics to explain 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. You can get a

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clicking on the link in the show notes.

At this point you might be thinking Gary are you a pirate? Because you speak really fluent

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