
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
• https://fee.org, E. Frank StephensonIf you had a childhood interest in pirates and a teenage love for economics, what would you do as an adult?
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If you had a childhood interest in pirates and a teenage love for economics, what would you do as an adult?
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