The Adventure Capitalist - Camels, carpets and coffee: how face-to-face trade is the new economics - Conor Woodman - Paperback Bog - Pan Macmillan -

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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 friends and a whole raft of brilliant tall tales. Whether trading teak or tea, surfboards or seafood, Conor goes head-to-head with the best operators in the world''s most hotly-contested markets. But will years of experience as a business analyst mean anything when he is suspected of being a spy? And can London''s financial bear pit prepare him for a horde of vodka-fuelled horse traders on the plains of central Asia?Part Undercover Economist , part Apprentice challenge, 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.