Czech economist Tomas Sedlacek in Bucharest for representation of The Economics of Good and Evil

Newsroom 26/09/2011 | 12:22

The Czech Center in Bucharest is bringing to Romania a representation of Economics of Good and Evil of the National Theater in Prague. Based on leading Czech economist Tomas Sedlacek’s bestseller, the one-hour, English-language performance features Tomas Sedlacek, Lukas Hejlik and Alan Novotny. The Bucharest representation is part of an international tour, whose first stop is Bucharest.

The global financial crisis has raised many questions on the relevance of economics, which Tomas Sedlacek explores in his best selling book Economics of Good and Evil. Named by the Yale Economic Review ‘one of the five hot minds in economics,’ Sedlacek

Uses in his book the resources of myth, religion, anthropology and the arts, ranging from the epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity; from Descartes to Fight Club and The Matrix.