Tomas Sedlacek (born 23 January 1977 in Prague) gained widespread international recognition for his book on philosophy and economy "Economics of Good and Evil"[1] (Oxford University Press), which has been translated into 22 languages.

At the age of 24, Sedlacek became an economic advisor of Czech president Václav Havel[6] until the end of his term in office.

Later, he became a founding and long term member of the National Economic Council, an advisory body to the Government of Czech Republic (NERV).

[17] Currently, he is working on three new books: A widely sought-after media commentator and an entertaining and engaging business speaker (London Speakers Bureau[18]), he travels the world to debate burning questions of current economics with glitch mirrors from the deepest mythological past, philosophies and beliefs which he likes to combine with a wide variety of other fields.

The podcast began broadcasting in January 2020 and currently has thousands of listeners in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries.

The book Ekonomie dobra a zla: po stopách lidského tázání od Gilgameše po finanční krizi (published in English under the title Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street) is a modified version of Sedláček's thesis submitted – but rejected due to "questionable scientific value"[22][23] – at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague.

He describes economics as a cultural phenomenon and a product of our civilization closely tied with philosophy, myth, religion, anthropology, and the arts.

[26] The broad concept of the book covers the history of economics through the millennia, "from the epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity, from Descartes and Adam Smith to Fight Club and The Matrix.