Sydney Writers' Festival 2008 - Online Program
Loretta Napoleoni in Conversation
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Economist and journalist Loretta Napoleoni is the author of the bestselling Terror Inc.: Tracing the Money behind Global Terrorism. One of the world's leading experts on money laundering and terror financing, she has worked as London correspondent and columnist for La Stampa, Le Monde and other newspapers. A former Fulbright scholar, she holds an MA in international relations and economics from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, and a MPhil in terrorism from the London School of Economics. She talks about her new book, Rogue Economics, with Macquarie University’s Lloyd Cox.

Presented by the IUEU Centre at Macquarie University.

In Conversation  |  Nonfiction, Current Affairs
Participants
Loretta Napoleoni, Lloyd Cox (facilitator)

When
Saturday, May 24 2008
11:30 - 12:30

Where
Sydney Dance Company, Studio 4
Pier 4/5, Hickson Road
Walsh Bay
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Cost
Free

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LORETTA NAPOLEONI (INTERNATIONAL)Napoleoni, Loretta by Peter Hodsoll
Loretta Napoleoni is the author of Rogue Economics, and the bestselling Terror Inc.: Tracing the Money behind Global Terrorism, which has been translated into 12 languages.

She is an economist and has worked for international banks and financial organisations. One of the world's leading experts on money laundering and terror financing, she has worked as London correspondent and columnist for La Stampa, Le Monde and other newspapers.

A former Fulbright scholar, she holds an MA in international relations and economics from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, and a MPhil in terrorism from the London School of Economics. In the early 1990s, she was one of the few people to interview the Italian Red Brigades. For her work as a consultant on the commodities markets, she travelled regularly to Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries, where she has met senior financial and political leaders. She lives in London.

www.lorettanapoleoni.com

also appearing at...
41: Lunch with Loretta Napoleoni and Leigh Sales
53: Loretta Napoleoni Business Breakfast
140: Fundamental Facts

LLOYD COX (LOCAL)
Lloyd Cox is an academic at Macquarie University’s Department of Politics and International Relations.