As Donald Trump’s presidency reshapes the global economy, expert commentators Richard Denniss and Satyajit Das offer new perspectives on Australia’s place in the new world order.
In this special Bendigo Writers Festival edition of The Fifth Estate, host Sally Warhaft welcomes Richard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute, and Satyajit Das, economic expert, former banker and author, to make sense of the current geopolitical moment and what the burgeoning sense of crisis in the global economy means for Australia.
How will Donald Trump’s volatile presidency – already marked by tariff wars and sweeping ideology-led economic mandates – affect Australia’s economic future, trade, climate action and approach to human rights? Are we in a tumultuous phase or an economic tinderbox? And most importantly, what are the essential reforms Australia needs to make to withstand the turmoil and prepare for an unpredictable future?
Join these two thought leaders for a gripping conversation on how we can weather the coming economic storms – and reshape Australia for the better.
Presented in partnership with Bendigo Writers Festival and La Trobe University
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Richard Denniss and Satyajit Das will be signing books after the event.
Featuring

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 ...

Richard Denniss
Executive Director of the Australia Institute, Dr Richard Denniss is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator, and has spent the last twenty years moving between policy-focused roles in academia ...

Sally Warhaft
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year ...