Tomas Sedlacek

(Czech Republic, 1977) has enjoyed a kind of popstar status since his 2009 book The Economy of Good and Evil became an international best-seller. In it, he argues that the economy cannot be put into mathematical formulas but emerges from our culture. To understand the economy, his argument draws on myths, religion, theology, philosophy, psychology, literature and film. In a nutshell, the economy is about good and evil. In his homeland, Sedlacek has evolved into a phenomenon; a theatre production based on his work draws full houses at the National Theatre in Prague. As a child, Sedlacek lived for nine years in Finland and Denmark. At age 24, during his studies at the Karels University in Prague, he became economic advisor to then-President Vaclav Havel. The economist, who calls himself a "Christian anarchist," currently works as a strategist with the Czech merchant bank CSOB and as a university lecturer.