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# Peter Middlebrook

(1965)   Entrepreneur

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Peter Middlebrook is an entrepreneur.

## Quick Facts About Peter Middlebrook

Born November 15, 1965

Profession Entrepreneur

## About Peter Middlebrook

British economist...

##  Quotes by Peter Middlebrook

> [Pirates are the very essence of profit maximising entrepreneurs described in neoclassical economics. Yet, whilst films such as 'The Pirates of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-middlebrook/pirates-are-the-very-essence-of-profit-maximising-entrepreneurs/)

Peter Middlebrook

[Behaviour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behaviour/)

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> [The risks of piracy spreading beyond the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, off the Somali coast, and in the Straits of Malacca…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-middlebrook/the-risks-of-piracy-spreading-beyond-the-red-sea-and-indian-ocean-off/)

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> [In the long run, with profits from piracy greater than international finance mobilised to solve the problem, we can expect piracy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-middlebrook/in-the-long-run-with-profits-from-piracy-greater-than-international/)

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