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> A pirate crew? I. Every man has a vote in affairs of moment; has equal title to the fresh provisions, or strong liquors, at any time seized, and may use them
by stephencanon 12y ago
> A pirate crew?
I. Every man has a vote in affairs of moment; has equal title to the fresh provisions, or strong liquors, at any time seized, and may use them at pleasure, ...
IX. No man to talk of breaking up their way of living, till each had shared one thousand pounds. If in order to this, any man should lose a limb, or become a cripple in their service, he was to have eight hundred dollars, out of the public stock, and for lesser hurts, proportionately.
X. The Captain and Quartermaster to receive two shares of a prize: the master, boatswain, and gunner, one share and a half, and other officers one and quarter.
Far more equitable than most startups.
- mooreds 12y agoNice! For others, this is from an actual pirate code: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_code http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_code
- TDL 12y agoPeter Leeson wrote a paper on the economics of pirates, possibly of interest: [PDF warning] http://www.peterleeson.com/an-arrgh-chy.pdf http://www.peterleeson.com/an-arrgh-chy.pdf