The Free Academy: Filip Matějka
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 30, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00
How should the government create concrete economic policy? We often overlook the basics. Many measures should not need to be taken at all, given that they are better taken care of by markets, i.e., by the decision-making of a fragmented community of people. That said, markets themselves often fail and need politicians to put in place well-crafted rules or a suitable environment. We will discuss the basic principles of how to make use of the free decisions of entrepreneurs and workers, and how to help ensure such decisions do not cause harm top one another.
Filip Matějka is a professor of economics who works at CERGE-EI, a joint department of Charles University and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. He studied physics at Charles University and received his PhD in applied mathematics from Princeton University in the USA. His research interests include macroeconomics, political economy and behavioural economics. He studies the impact on our society of the human inability to absorb all information. He has won several international awards and lectured at nearly 100 universities around the world. Professor Matějka has also provided practical assistance to major companies in logistics, finance and energy and occasionally also attempts to advise politicians in the Czech Republic.