Where they are now
Ever wonder where your former college acquaintances have ended up in life? Me neither. But every once in awhile, you run across them, serendipitously, or whatever. Like today, for example, when I was reading an interesting piece in the New Yorker about how pirates actually had a pretty sophisticated system of self-governance that distributed power and put checks on would-be tyrant captains.
The article is basically a gee-whiz summary of an academic paper written by one Dr. Peter T. Leeson, an economist at George Mason University.
Peter Leeson. That is, Pete Leeson, Hillsdale class of ‘01.
If I remember correctly, Pete had a supply and demand graph tattooed on his bicep. I imagine he still does. I’m not really clear on when the New Yorker started paying attention to radical libertarian economists (or whatever Pete is now that he has a PhD), but well, I guess it’s all pretty kick-ass.
Nice job, Pete.
dave wrote:
i like the questions a lot of these Austrians raise.
Now, if they could only get their thumbs out of their urethras and shake Randroids.
Posted on 14-Jul-07 at 4:12 pm | Permalink