Adventure Capitalist

The Ultimate Road Trip

By: Jim Rogers

Narrated by: Jim Rogers

Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

In Adventure Capitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed "the Indiana Jones of finance" by Time magazine, proves that the best way to profit from the global situation is to see the world mile by mile.

Rogers and his fiancée, Paige Parker, began their "Millennium Adventure" on January 1, 1999, from Iceland. They traveled through 116 countries, including many where most have rarely ventured, such as Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Angola, Sudan, Congo, Colombia, and East Timor. They drove through war zones, deserts, jungles, epidemics, and blizzards. They had many narrow escapes.

They camped with nomads and camels in the Western Sahara. They ate silkworms, iguanas, snakes, termites, guinea pigs, porcupines, crocodiles, and grasshoppers.

Best of all, they saw the real world from the ground up - the only vantage point from which it can be truly understood - economically, politically, and socially.

Here are just a few of the author's conclusions:

• The new commodity bull market has started.
• The 21st century will belong to China.
• A dramatic shortage of women is developing in Asia.
• Pakistan is on the verge of disintegrating.
• India, like many other large nations, will break into several countries.
• The Euro is doomed to fail.
• There are fortunes to be made in Angola.
• Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are a scam.
• Bolivia is a comer after decades of instability, thanks to gigantic amounts of natural gas. Adventure Capitalist is the most opinionated, sprawling, adventurous journey you're likely to take within the pages of a book - the perfect read for armchair adventurers, global investors, car enthusiasts, and anyone interested in seeing the world and understanding it as it really is.

©2003 Jim Rogers (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Opinionated? yes; Great AudioBook? definitely!

I was so entertained with this book that I could not stop listening until it was done. You might just want to get a map to follow along when you listen because it is truly amazing the places that Jim Rogers takes you.

Some people might not like his opinionated style, but I found it quite refreshing. His opinions on things like NGO's are a lot more on target than many of the world's policy makers, most probably because he has actually visited those countries and seen how they "really" work.

Very entertaining

Great book, an around the world trip with a different perspective. If you enjoy travel,economics, and business, this is worth the download!

Interesting, Fun, Insightful, and never dull

While I may not agree with the author all the time he does describe an exciting journey and his views are based on first hand accounts which is a lot more than I can say for most economic "experts". I am seriously considering either buying the book or the unabridged audio copy to get all of the details that were glossed over in this abridged version.
The author has certainly gone to great lengths to travel to distant lands and report back on the economic conditions he found. That certainly made it worth my time. The funny stories and first hand adventures were a bonus!

Let's Go!

A great adventure for anyone who loves travel and/or is interested in the financial world. Made me want to pack my bag and hit the road!

fascinating!

while listening to this fantastic book, I cannot wait to download jim's video on "The Millennium Adventure" www.jimrogers.com.

Good synopsis

Jim has excellent observation and analytical skills, and is also a very eloquent narrator. The book was geared towards the most intriguing stories that he encountered in his trip. However, investing in emerging markets should not be based on anicdotes taking place in few days trips. It takes a lot longer than that to understand countries and cultures, let alone companies.

Wow! What a cool book

I have been trying to increase my economic savvy lately, and Jim Rogers sure added a measure of fun and interest to a sometimes mundain subject. Be sure to have your atlas handy while trying to keep up with this guy!

Great book - even greater perspectives

Jim Rogers gives an impressive view of the world - with eyeopening findings about the American way of thinking. If you feel that everything is perfectly fine for you, you need to listen to this. I myself couldn't stop until I was all the way thru it. One of the cases where a full-length version would really make sense.

Very interesting and informative.

This was a great listen. The story and world commentary were definitely worth a read. My only complaint is that it was abridged, hence four stars instead of five. If you're listening, Audible, try to get more unabridged books...!

I want the Unabridged version

Having just listened to this book, start to finish, I came back hoping to find the unabridged version so I could listen to it again but this time with more detail. Captivating and motivating with no BS, this book was one of a few that I have listened to recently that held my attention completely both as an experienced traveler and entreprenuer.