80 Trades
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TRADES – (aka THE ADVENTURE CAPITALIST in paperback)
How one economist sold his house and took trade back to basics, buying and selling real goods in the world’s oldest markets.
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.
“This is entertaining and enlightening stuff… As the global markets disintegrate, it becomes readily apparent that what Woodman is really trying to do is earn a living, with the emphasis on the living… perhaps the most fascinating conclusion he reaches is that the world is not dominated by big business in the way he believed and perhaps the most satisfying way to make a living is to buy, trade and sell a product, making connections and partners along the way that can be relied on to maintain a livelihood in the future. This is a sobering and reassuring thought at a time when business has never looked so morally bankrupt” Irish Times
‘You can’t help but admire the sheer chutzpah of the man.” The Times
“Conor Woodman may be that rare thing – a likable city boy. A former market analyst, Woodman wants to see if he can make his dosh by doing business the old way: face to face, haggling, buying and selling. With 25 grand of his own money from the sale of his flat, he sets off for Africa with no small aim in mind: to buy camels in Sudan, and double his money selling in Egypt. Enjoyable stuff, in amazing locations.’ The Guardian
Buy the ‘Adventure Capitalist’ by Conor Woodman out now in paperback & ‘Around the World in 80 Trades’ on DVD.
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