Tomáš Sedláček, chief macroeconomic strategist at ČSOB, discusses economics and its crucial role within and broader responsibility to society. He looks at how stories and narratives have shaped economic theory and how studying the history of thought can help us reduce intellectual brainwashing. Sedláček also discusses how to glean the particular truth that seems to only appear in financial crises. This is an archived version of a live broadcast that took place on 6 May 2014.