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Satyajit Das

Satyajit Das is a financier who was named in 2014 by Bloomberg as among the fifty most influential people in financial markets. He has held senior positions in banks and industry and now works as a consultant to investors and corporations globally. He has published several key reference works on finance and wrote Traders, Guns & Money (2006), Extreme Money (2011) and A Banquet of Consequences (2015, updated 2021; published in North America as Age of Stagnation). He is also the author (with Jade Novakovic) of In Search of the Pangolin: The Accidental Eco-Tourist (2006). Satyajit Das appeared in Charles Ferguson’s 2010 Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job. He has spoken at the Sydney and Melbourne writers festivals, Adelaide Festival of Ideas and Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

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Events

Book Launch: Striking Ore by Alexis Vassiley

Planet Books 636 – 638 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley, Western Australia

Planet Books, The Centre for Western Australian History, Australian Society for the Study for Labour History  and Monash University Publishing are delighted to invite you to a conversation event to...

Fearless Beatrice Faust (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: THE SUPPER ROOM 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

Judith Brett (Fearless Beatrice Faust) and Iola Mathews (Race Mathews) discuss the origins of the Women’s Electoral Lobby and the powerhouse Beatrice Faust with The Hon Steve Bracks AC. ----...

Rewilding (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: CHAMBER 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

  Dominique Hes (The Stories of Newport Lakes) and Lesley Head (Beyond Green) discuss the importance of nature for our urban environments and souls with Dave Witty (What the Trees...

From Yirrkala Bark Petitions to Treaty (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: CHAMBER 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

  Clare Wright (Naku Dharuk) and Inala Cooper (Marrul) discuss the impact of First Nations activism. ---- CLARE WRIGHT OAM is an award-winning historian, author, broadcaster and public commentator who has worked...

Meet the author: Graeme Turner (ANU, Canberra)

ANU Cinema 153 Tangney Rd, Kambri Cinema (Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre), Acton, ACT

Graeme Turner will be in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good. A strong higher education system is fundamental to civil society. The...