Economics of Good and Evil

As the virtues of economics have come under attack in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, new perspectives have been explored. Tomas Sedlacek, named as one of the „5 Hot Minds in Economics” by the Yale Economic Review in 2006, quickly captured the stage with the book Economics of Good and Evil, published by Oxford University Press, with a forward by Vaclav Havel.

Sold in over 50.000 copies, his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status by arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. Sedlacek’s potential to spread his provocative view on economics has been enhanced as his book was turned into a theatre play, inviting the audience to take part in a multi-sensorial experience. After five sold-out shows in the Czech National Theatre, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs set up for the play, in English to tour internationally.