# WTF?! Economics (with Peter T. Leeson)

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/wtf-economics-with-peter-t-leeson>

**By** Peter T. Leeson, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** April 6, 2018

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Peter T. Leeson joins us to talk about his new book _WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird._

Peter T. Leeson joins us to talk about his new book [_WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird_](https://www.amazon.com/WTF-Economic-Peter-T-Leeson/dp/1503600912) . Peter T. Leeson is the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University. We discuss some of the world’s strangest customs and behaviors; everything from convicting insects of crimes in a court of law to wife sales. How can this be rational economic behavior?

### Further Readings/References:

[WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird by Peter T. Leeson](https://www.amazon.com/WTF-Economic-Peter-T-Leeson/dp/1503600912)

[More work by Peter T. Leeson](https://www.libertarianism.org/people/peter-t-leeson)