Economics for a changing world. The Economy 2.0 is now available online. It's free. Visit our website.

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Joined November 2013
Chapters 1–4 out now! Understanding our Economy, CORE's textbook for beginners and students at two-year and four-year colleges and universities in North America, is online. Covers the environment, climate, inequality, cost of living & more. Read it free: books.core-econ.org/understa…
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CORE’s real-world approach to economics led Madhuri Kamtam to research her mother’s job. We spoke with Madhuri to find out more about her journey from rural India, being a first-generation student, and the hidden barriers students face in the classroom: core-econ.org/madhuri-kamtam…
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Ever wondered where the photos of #inequality seen on CORE textbook covers come from? Photographer Johnny Miller is the person behind the lens. His forthcoming book @UnequalScenes is a collection of his work, which captures the contrast between rich and poor.
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Anna Poerbonegoro's department is moving its Micro Principles courses to CORE in phases, with The Economy 2.0 used for everything by 2028–29. A useful read for anyone wondering what switching from a traditional textbook to CORE looks like in practice: core-econ.org/translating-co…
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The first two Units of CORE's The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics are now available in Korean. We spoke with translation lead Jung-Kyoo Choi to find out more about translating economic terms and why Korean books credit translators on the cover: core-econ.org/crediting-the-…
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Why doesn't #inflation catch up with demand right away? CORE's new Phillips curve experiment lets students find out, by setting prices themselves. Access it at zero cost as part of Experiencing Economics on the CORE website: books.core-econ.org/experien…
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Delighted to see CORE author Arjun Jayadev's new book, Against Money (co-authored with J. W. Mason), reviewed in Nature. Congratulations! nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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📢 Calling all instructors 📢 The Test Bank for The Economy 2.0: Macroeconomics is now available on the CORE website. Log in with your instructor account to access ready-made, auto-gradable questions, with explanatory feedback for every macro unit: books.core-econ.org/test-ban…
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Peter Nunez has built a free AI tutor for CORE's The Economy 2.0 that asks guiding questions rather than handing over answers. We spoke with Peter about the project and what's next: core-econ.org/an-ai-tutor-th…
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The first four chapters of Understanding Our Economy, CORE's new textbook, are live. Our blog breaks down how it differs from The Economy 2.0, who it's for, and what's taught in chapters one to four. core-econ.org/cores-new-text…
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The UK's new devolution plans hand mayors a share of income tax for the first time. CORE director Wendy Carlin says this "creates a welcome growth incentive that grant-based finance lacks" but the real test is redistribution. Read more via @UCLPolicyLab : ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/news/20…
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CORE Insights news: - The Spanish translation of 'A world of differences' is now available from the Insights homepage. - @pdsegal's inflation video has been added to his Insight. - Exercise answers are now in the 'extra resources' section. books.core-econ.org/insights…
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"Knowledge is truly democratic. It exists everywhere." Meet Jovera Shakeel, CORE's new intern, LUMS & Oxford economist, founder of Muktalif (an e-commerce platform for marginalised Pakistani artisans), now working on Understanding our Economy: core-econ.org/knowledge-is-t…
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🇪🇸 La economía 2.0: macroeconomía has been added to CORE's Android app, alongside Microeconomía. Download it and read both volumes on the go: play.google.com/store/apps/d…
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Still teaching The Economy 1.0? Antonio Cabrales & Humberto Llavador make the case for switching in our extended interview about the Spanish translation of 2.0: "2.0 has managed to extend the models while simplifying the explanation". Read here: core-econ.org/where-english-… #EconEd
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A great piece from @UCStoneCenter looking at the many invaluable contributions CORE co-founder Sam Bowles has made to economics education: stonecenter.uchicago.edu/new…
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🇪🇸 A world of differences: an introduction to inequality, the CORE Insight by Suresh Naidu, Rajiv Sethi, and Sarah Thomas is now available in Spanish. Learn about the meaning, measurement, and implications of economic inequality. Free here: core-econ.org/wp-content/upl… #inequality
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3,600+ US economists and 28 Nobel laureates back carbon taxes. The public doesn’t. Our new Doing Economics project hands students the survey-experiment data to ask why. By David Hope, Julian Limberg, and Eileen Tipoe. Find out more: books.core-econ.org/doing-ec…
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Unlike the Finnish translation, some terms are staying in English in CORE's Bahasa Indonesia translation. Anna explains, "you can translate word-for-word if you want to, but the end result is ridiculous." Read the latest about the Indonesian translation: core-econ.org/translating-co…
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