The Adventure Capitalist: Camels, carpets and coffee: how face-to-face trade is the new economics

by Conor Woodman (Author)

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  2009

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  Economist Conor Woodman has decided to test his negotiating skills, charm and eye for a bargain against some of the world's oldest trading cultures. He's sold his house to finance the trip, but if his hunches are right -- trading Sudanese camels for Zambian coffee, coffee for South African red wine and then off to China to buy jade with the proceeds -- he'll return six months later with a lot of money, some new tricks and a whole raft of brilliant tall tales. The Adventure Capitalist offers an exciting insight into the human story behind the money in our pockets, and reminds us that making a living is about exactly that -- living. Discover the dark arts of haggling from the carpet merchants of Marrakech Learn what the ancient camel markets of Sudan can teach us about the current banking crisis Find out how to be a tough negotiator from the horse traders of central Asia

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  This title is to tie in with a major new Channel 4 series: a brilliant mixture of travel, cultural exchange and fair trade.Economist Conor Woodman has decided to test his negotiating skills, charm and eye for a bargain against some of the world's oldest trading cultures. He's sold his house to finance the trip, but if his hunches are right - trading Sudanese camels for Kenyan coffee, coffee for South African red wine and then off to China to buy porcelain with the proceeds - he'll return six months later with a lot of money, some new friends and a whole raft of brilliant tall tales.Conor believes that the principles of profit are universal wherever you go, whatever language you speak. Whether trading teak or bath taps, light bulbs or seafood he'll work out how to make money in every market he encounters along his route. He'll trade on his wits and instincts, going head to head with the best operators in the world's most hotly-contested markets. But will years of experience in corporate finance mean anything when haggling with Chinese officials to trade his boat-load of tobacco down the Mekong River?Part Undercover Economist, part Apprentice challenge, The Adventure Capitalist swaps worry about the global credit crunch for an exciting insight into the human story behind the money in our pockets: face-to-face trade between people from around the world.