Now Playing at Reason.tv: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

Peter Leeson, author of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, sits down with Reason.tv's Nick Gillespie to discuss self-interested pirates, the myths of piracy, and the intersection of modern economic policy and the hidden economics of pirates.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

I downloaded this video and am sharing it for free on my torrents site.

[Reasonoid]

Let's have a bake sale and use the profits to buy Nick a second outfit.

[Flex Nasty B.I.G.]

Man, that opening jingle is so ghey. Other than that, the reason.tv segments have been kicking ass lately. Keep 'em comin'.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I think it's like Wheel of Fortune; they do all these interviews in a single day and Reason posts them one a day for a week, so it only appears that Gillespie is a slave to his look.

(I know, I have to stop comparing everything to Wheel of Fortune.)

[Libertarian Learning Center]

There's one thing about this piracy issue that saddens me and I'm sure all other true libertarians. Namely, the recent attempt by those valiant successors to Ragnar Danneskold to seize an aid shipment.

Of course, some of you non-libertarians will say, "but it was aid!" And, you'd be wrong: that aid was actually stolen goods, representing money that was stolen from its rightful owners. The moochers need to learn a lesson about stealing, and we should start with their drought aid.

[mantooth]

Reasonoid,

Or at least a new set of Legos so he can have a new hairstyle to snap to his head.

[JLM]

Shut the fuck up, lonewhackoff.

[Orlando]

When a moral and good people are allowed to self-regulate, good things happen. When tyrannical overlords dictate to a good and moral people, we have the United States of America (and other enslaved populations).