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My guest today is Peter Leeson, an economics professor at George Mason University and is known for connecting rational choice theory with unusual domains. He looks at human behavior as a series of puzzles that are being solved by those involved. He focuses his studies on everything from bizarre rituals and superstitions to the behavior of Caribbean pirates. Peter’s work has also been quoted as “Freakonomics on steroids.”
The topics are his books WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird and The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- Somalia pirates
- Anarchy vs. government
- Medieval law and order
- Trial by jury
- Logic of incentives
- Street hustlers
Mentions & Resources:
- Peter Leeson
- WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird
- The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
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