When economics meets stories, mythology and questions about the meaning of human action, it creates a perspective that made Tomáš Sedláček known around the world. His book Economics of Good and Evil has been translated into 22 languages, received international awards and showed that the economy is not only about numbers, but also about values.
He served as an advisor to President Václav Havel, to the Minister of Finance and the Czech government, became a founding member of NERV, and spent sixteen years shaping the macroeconomic outlook of ČSOB as its chief strategist. His thinking has global reach – he was included among the one hundred most influential thinkers of the world and has lectured at Harvard, Yale and Georgetown.
He has long been active in the public space as a commentator on social, political and economic issues, often with the lightness, irony and philosophical depth that define his style.