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Every book Peter Leeson recommended on podcasts

1 book · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Peter Leeson

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

  1. A General History of the Pyrates

    Captain Charles Johnson; Daniel Defoe; Nathaniel Mist; Woodes Rogers; John Atkins; Philip Gosse · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “pirate system of governance was laid out in a published series of volumes called a general history of the Pirates in the early 18th century this book was like a bestseller in its time this wasn't some obscure book and so it is totally conceivable that Madison for example or Jefferson both of whom were voracious readers and had enormous”
    People I (Mostly) Admire Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were… 2023-01-23 Listen at 36:03
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Books Peter Leeson wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were Democratic | Episode 31People I (Mostly) Admire2023-01-231
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book The invisible hook
“um the book in which the proposal appears is the invisible hook which is about the economics of Caribbean pirates and so playing on that theme we went out to this fancy restaurant and I got this elaborate metallic treasure chest and then I put the book inside and I had the waiter at the restaurant bring it out to”
People I (Mostly) Admire Peter Leeson on Why Trial-by-Fire Wasn’t Barbaric and Why Pirates Were… 2023-01-23 Listen at 41:18