Antoni Vives Tomas is an economist, politician and writer. In 2000 he became a mininster in the government of the Generalitat de Cataluña. He is currently councillor of the city of Barcelona. He is the author of 'Catalunya entre la perplexitat' and 'el somni' (both 2002), 'El nacionalisme que ve', 'Barcelonies: lletra de batalla per Barcelona' (both 2006,) among others.