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Business News > Mint Authors > Satyajit Das

Satyajit Das

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY SATYAJIT DAS

In a financial crisis, a host of factors will affect whether collateral will work as intended. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion | Banks aren’t as safe as they think they are

4 min read . 13 Aug 2018

Securitization and CDOs have re-emerged, including subprime transactions in auto loans. Photo: iStockphoto

Instruments for the next market meltdown

3 min read . 09 May 2018

As spending commitments grow, there will be fewer productive adults around to fund them. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

The old are eating the young

4 min read . 15 Jun 2017

Cash use remains high in emerging markets, and among the poor and older people globally. Photo: AFP

World should think twice before abolishing cash

3 min read . 22 May 2017

Changing industrial structures are likely to further restrict price pressures. Photo: Bloomberg

Why inflation won’t last

4 min read . 24 Jan 2017

A stronger dollar damages the competitiveness of US exporters and raises the costs of bringing manufacturing back onshore. A 10% rise in the dollar increases the US trade deficit by around 1% and decreases growth by between 0.2% and 0.5%. Photo: Reuters

False dawn for investors under Donald Trump’s watch

4 min read . 11 Jan 2017

The closing of the world economy

4 min read . 15 Sep 2016

By the time its bubble economy collapsed, Japan was already relatively rich and technologically advanced, with world-class automobile, consumer electronics and advanced manufacturing industries. Photo: AFP

A lost decade? We should be so lucky

3 min read . 16 Jun 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

In Australia, all that glitters isn’t gold

3 min read . 31 May 2016

The European debt spiral

4 min read . 30 Jan 2011

Illustration: Jayachandran / Mint

Ode to a Grecian derivative

4 min read . 11 Apr 2010

Photograph: Robert Caplin / Bloomberg

Still Masters of the Universe

4 min read . 28 Sep 2009

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

Banking’s phantom profits

7 min read . 28 Apr 2009

Illustration: Malay Karmakar / Mint

The road to voodoo banking

3 min read . 11 Aug 2008

Grisly tales of leverage

4 min read . 21 Jul 2008

Illustration: Malay Karmakar / Mint

Nuclear de-leveraging ahead

6 min read . 10 Jun 2008