From 1977 to 1987, Das worked in banking with the
Commonwealth Bank,
CitiGroup, and
Merrill Lynch.
Extreme Money was long-listed for the
Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
The Economist reviewed the book, stating that "Satyajit Das is well-placed to comment, having worked both for investment banks and as a consultant advising clients on their use of complex financial products"; however "the book could have easily been 150 pages shorter without losing its thrust".
A Banquet of Consequences was released in Australia in 2015. In 2016 it was released in the United States and India as
The Age of Stagnation "to increase confusion and avoid it being mistaken for a cookbook". Das is a regular commentator on
Late Night Live on
Radio National, hosted by
Phillip Adams. ==Selected publications==