Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic | Episode 31

Uses economic incentives to reinterpret historical punishment systems and pirate governance.

Rule of lawPodcast episodedemand curveeconomic incentivesinstitutional analysismaritime piracypirate democracyprivate governanceSteve Levitt

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• Freakonomics · 2023-01-23

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