This edited collection analyses various aspects of Slovakia's economy - including recent developments and events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine - highlighting issues that arise from the current economic model, making it difficult for Slovakia to revitalize and adapt the economy to new circumstances.

Michael Augustín is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Political Relations of the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. He also works as a Researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava.

Peter Jančovič is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Economic Relations and Economic Diplomacy of the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

Bruno S. Sergi is an Instructor at Harvard University, where he is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Harvard Center for International Development and a Full Professor of Political Economy at the University of Messina, Italy. He is co-Director of the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development (LEAD), a research lab based in Cambridge, USA, that aims to generate and share knowledge about entrepreneurship, development, and sustainability.