Economist Tomas Dvorak on why Czechia is sick man of Europe and how to move forward

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 8:39 a.m.

b'A recent Die Welt article calling Czechia the \\u201csick man of Europe\\u201d in economic terms received a great deal of attention in this country. The headline quote came from Tom\\xe1\\u0161 Dvo\\u0159\\xe1k, a young Czech economist with the UK-based analytics firm Oxford Economics. So why is Czechia the only EU state not to have yet returned to pre-Covid GDP levels? And what can be done to improve its economic outlook? I discussed those questions, and more, with Dvo\\u0159\\xe1k at our Prague studio.'