About the book "The Invisible Hook" by Peter T. Leeson Movies and books have created the image of the pirate as a perpetually drunk but charming adventurer with a wooden leg and a talking parrot. In reality, says American economist Peter T. Leeson, the sea robbers were extremely rational businessmen, from whom one can still learn quality marketing. Eduard Lukoyanov talks about the book “The Invisible Hook” on the economics of pirates for Gorky readers.