One Billion and One Dirham
An original and fun gift for anyone in finance: the world’s famous fairy tales… turned into 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.
FAIRY TALES COVERED
- Al Alim Bank and the Magic App
- Black Monday and the Seven Crises
- The News Channel That Provided All Inside Information
- Sin-Bad the Bond Salesman
- Gullible’s Investments
- Little Red Account Balance (and the Big Bad Wolf of Wall Street)
- The Borrowers That Always Repaid Their Loans
- Mario and Christine
- Cinderasset
- The Merger That Offered True Synergies
- Reponzel
- The Insurance Policy That Always Paid Out
- Gordon Gekko and the Forty Tulip Investors
- The Banker’s New Repayment Structure
- The Hedge That Covered Every Risk
- Baron von Büllmarkt’s Incredible Investments
- The Curing Touch of Midas Bank
- Beauty and the Banker
- The Decent Stock Broker
- The CEO and the Clerk
- King Cash and the Magic Flying Banknote
- Alistair in Euroland
- The Country That Levied No Tax
No 1 Publishing Project on KICKSTARTER.COM
Printed in exquisite top quality hard cover with gold and silver foil on linen, covered by an embossed dust jacket, that may be turned into a bespoke cover design for that special (corporate) occasion.
Title and cover calligraphy art by Wissam Shawkat, ‘The (Gulf) Region’s most celebrated calligraphy artist’ – VOGUE ARABIA.
Foreword by Ian Morley, Founder/chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association.
The book has been a number 1 crowdfunding project on Kickstarter.com, the world’s largest crowdfunding platform. A full presentation with photos, videos and the story behind the publication as well as all most extensive updates on the project after its publication – including my book presentation – can be found on the campaign site: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erikvrij/one-billion-and-one-dirham-financial-fairy-tales
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