The adventure capitalist : camels, carpets and coffee : how face-to-face trade is the new economics /
Woodman, Conor.
The adventure capitalist : camels, carpets and coffee : how face-to-face trade is the new economics / Conor Woodman. - London : Pan, 2009. - 246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 20 cm.
First published as: Around the world in 80 trades. London : Macmillan, 2009.
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.
9780330467889 (pbk) 0330467883 (pbk)
Woodman, Conor--Travel.
Businessmen--Travel.
Exchange.
Negotiation in business.
Supply and demand.
Voyages and travels.
bW892a 2009
The adventure capitalist : camels, carpets and coffee : how face-to-face trade is the new economics / Conor Woodman. - London : Pan, 2009. - 246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 20 cm.
First published as: Around the world in 80 trades. London : Macmillan, 2009.
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.
9780330467889 (pbk) 0330467883 (pbk)
Woodman, Conor--Travel.
Businessmen--Travel.
Exchange.
Negotiation in business.
Supply and demand.
Voyages and travels.
bW892a 2009