Peter Middlebrook Quotes

United Kingdom, Businessman
November 15, 1965

Dr. Peter J. Middlebrook is a British entrepreneur and political scientist based in Dubai. He is best known as the CEO of Geopolicity Inc. He has served as an economic and political adviser to the World Bank, European Union, United Nations, Government of the United Kingdom.

Pirates are the very essence of profit maximising entrepreneurs described in neoclassical economics. Yet, whilst films such as 'The Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' have gone a long way to popularise both pirates and outlaw behaviour, the truth of the matter is that piracy is illegal, and it kills.

Peter Middlebrook
- Behaviour
- Kills
- Illegal
The risks of piracy spreading beyond the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, off the Somali coast, and in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore and beyond are substantial.

Peter Middlebrook
- Sea
- Ocean
- Piracy

In the long run, with profits from piracy greater than international finance mobilised to solve the problem, we can expect piracy to increase geographically and in sophistication.

Peter Middlebrook
- Increase
- Profits
- Piracy