TY  - BOOK
AU  - Woodman,Conor
TI  - The adventure capitalist: camels, carpets and coffee : how face-to-face trade is the new economics 
SN  - 9780330467889 (pbk)
AV  - bW892a 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Pan
KW  - Woodman, Conor
KW  - Businessmen
KW  - Travel
KW  - Exchange
KW  - Negotiation in business
KW  - Supply and demand
KW  - Voyages and travels
N1  - First published as: Around the world in 80 trades. London : Macmillan, 2009
N2  - 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
ER  -