Peter Leeson and his book "The Invisible Hook" are cited on a Forbes article about what society should do about pirates. 

It is clear that economics has a lot to teach us about pirates, but perhaps surprisingly pirates have a lot to teach us about social organization. In his book The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, Peter Leeson explores how cooperation emerges in pirate societies. This is especially interesting first because the international piratical order is much more complex than it might first appear.