One Billion and One Dirham - Financial Fairy Tales

One Billion and One Dirham - Financial Fairy Tales

The world's famous fairy tales ... in a financial setting
This collection of some 25 short fairy tales is mostly based on the narrative of the world’s famous fairy tales: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, Baron Münchhausen and many more.

Rediscover these classic fairy tales … in a financial setting:
How Sin-Bad the Bond Salesman sails the Sea of Ponzi and visits Short-sellers Island to become a star investment banker.
Why Mario and Christine are eating the European Central Bank - made of monetary easing - to fight inflation.
What Black Monday sees when she looks into the mirror on Wall Street.
If Little Red Account Balance survives the Big Bad Wolf of Wall Street.
How King Cash flies his magic flying Banknote.
If Beauty finds her Banker.
How Alistair in Euroland deals with the 27 headed creature called Ecofin.
How Baron von Büllmarkt pulls himself out of a giant self inflicted crisis.

"Financial literary prose for City Slickers. Hilarious and very well written. Enjoy the fairy tales like Crème Brûlée: one at a time."
Jort Kelder
Journalist / TV Producer

Erik Vrij has been a banking and investment lawyer with global banks for over 22 years.

His business thriller debut WHITE INK became one of the most remarkable thriller debuts in the Netherlands in 2013 and a number 1 fiction publishing project on Kickstarter.com, sold in over 30 countries.

Based in Abu Dhabi, he has been inspired by the view from his apartment and the famous 1001 Arabian Nights to write this collection of financial fairy tales.

Title and calligraphy artwork by Wissam Shawkat

‘The (Gulf) Region’s most celebrated calligraphy artist’ - VOGUE ARABIA


Auteur | Erik Vrij
Taal | Engels
Type | Hardcover
Categorie | Vrije tijd & Hobby

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