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Economics for a changing world.
The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics is now available online. It's free. Visit our website.
The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics is now available online. It's free. Visit our website.
📢 Calling all researchers! 📢 Don’t miss your last chance to submit a paper for the International Economic Association World Congress. Many from the CORE community will be presenting. Join them by submitting before Saturday, Nov 15.
More info here: ieawc2026.org/submission/
More info here: ieawc2026.org/submission/
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📢 Calling all researchers! 📢 Don’t miss your last chance to submit a paper for the International Economic Association World Congress. Many from the CORE community will be presenting. Join them by submitting before Saturday, Nov 15.
More info here: ieawc2026.org/submission/
More info here: ieawc2026.org/submission/
Test your knowledge of #inequality. CORE author Sam Bowles has co-authored a new book of problem sets packed with real-world data. Sam explains how the book helps students learn more about the things they care about.
openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Test your knowledge of #inequality. CORE author Sam Bowles has co-authored a new book of problem sets packed with real-world data. Sam explains how the book helps students learn more about the things they care about.
openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
🎉 New CORE Insight 🎉 Maria Laura Alzua (CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina and Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Kenya) explores the challenge of improving public health in the Global South. Read it on the CORE website: books.core-econ.org/insights/pub...
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🎉 New CORE Insight 🎉 Maria Laura Alzua (CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina and Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Kenya) explores the challenge of improving public health in the Global South. Read it on the CORE website: books.core-econ.org/insights/pub...
How can we teach economists to think ethically and critically? 🌍 The TREES team at Uniandes is using CORE resources develop new exercises — and they would love you to contribute: www.core-econ.org/trees-projec...
#EthicalEconomics #CriticalThinking #GlobalSouth
#EthicalEconomics #CriticalThinking #GlobalSouth
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
How can we teach economists to think ethically and critically? 🌍 The TREES team at Uniandes is using CORE resources develop new exercises — and they would love you to contribute: www.core-econ.org/trees-projec...
#EthicalEconomics #CriticalThinking #GlobalSouth
#EthicalEconomics #CriticalThinking #GlobalSouth
📢Save the date📢
CORE Econ Workshop 2026
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
www.core-econ.org/announcing-t...
Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March 2026
CORE Econ Workshop 2026
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
www.core-econ.org/announcing-t...
Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March 2026
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📢Save the date📢
CORE Econ Workshop 2026
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
www.core-econ.org/announcing-t...
Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March 2026
CORE Econ Workshop 2026
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
www.core-econ.org/announcing-t...
Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March 2026
Andrés Álvarez, Economist at UniAndes, very kindly created a fantastic video tour of the Income Shock Simulator featured on the CORE website. We're very grateful to Andrés for creating this detailed overview 🔗 income-shocks-simulator.core-econ.org youtu.be/ekg2_-Oiu4Q
CORE Income Shock Simulator explained by Andrés Álvarez
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October 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Andrés Álvarez, Economist at UniAndes, very kindly created a fantastic video tour of the Income Shock Simulator featured on the CORE website. We're very grateful to Andrés for creating this detailed overview 🔗 income-shocks-simulator.core-econ.org youtu.be/ekg2_-Oiu4Q
The @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social will host an online event, “Die Wirtschaft”, on 25.09.25. Friend of CORE Christian Tode will be speaking at the event. For more information visit: zbw.eu/de/wissenstr...
The event will be in German 🇩🇪
The event will be in German 🇩🇪
September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social will host an online event, “Die Wirtschaft”, on 25.09.25. Friend of CORE Christian Tode will be speaking at the event. For more information visit: zbw.eu/de/wissenstr...
The event will be in German 🇩🇪
The event will be in German 🇩🇪
🎉 New Insight now online 🎉
@paulsegal.bsky.social explores the multiple mechanisms that underlie inflation in CORE's latest Insight from the Global South. Read it on the CORE website: books.core-econ.org/insights/eco...
@paulsegal.bsky.social explores the multiple mechanisms that underlie inflation in CORE's latest Insight from the Global South. Read it on the CORE website: books.core-econ.org/insights/eco...
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🎉 New Insight now online 🎉
@paulsegal.bsky.social explores the multiple mechanisms that underlie inflation in CORE's latest Insight from the Global South. Read it on the CORE website: books.core-econ.org/insights/eco...
@paulsegal.bsky.social explores the multiple mechanisms that underlie inflation in CORE's latest Insight from the Global South. Read it on the CORE website: books.core-econ.org/insights/eco...
Lisa Cook continues her work today at the Fed’s meeting. Watch her CORE Econ Economist in Action video on how different institutions can kill or promote innovation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2hj...
Lisa Cook: What promotes or kills innovation?
YouTube video by CORE Econ
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September 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Lisa Cook continues her work today at the Fed’s meeting. Watch her CORE Econ Economist in Action video on how different institutions can kill or promote innovation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2hj...
Grateful to have Catalan government economist @francesctrillas.bsky.social with us, sharing why he values CORE’s approach to economics education. Read the interview here: www.core-econ.org/catalan-gove...
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Grateful to have Catalan government economist @francesctrillas.bsky.social with us, sharing why he values CORE’s approach to economics education. Read the interview here: www.core-econ.org/catalan-gove...
With a new academic year starting, Wendy Carlin dropped by The Inequality Podcast to reflect on what we teach with @durlauf.bsky.social. Listen here: pod.link/1693218758/e...
September 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
With a new academic year starting, Wendy Carlin dropped by The Inequality Podcast to reflect on what we teach with @durlauf.bsky.social. Listen here: pod.link/1693218758/e...
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📈 In case you missed it - #Economics is now the 8th most popular A-level in England & 10th in the UK, with entries up 36% since 2020.
In 2025, entries rose 5.5%, bucking the trend of declines across most subjects.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/h1V40
#RESNews #EconSky
In 2025, entries rose 5.5%, bucking the trend of declines across most subjects.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/h1V40
#RESNews #EconSky
Economics A-level entries surge 5.5% in 2025, climbing into UK’s top ten subjects - Royal Economic Society
Economics is now the eighth most popular A-level in England and the tenth in the UK, with entries up 36% since 2020.
shorturl.at
September 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📈 In case you missed it - #Economics is now the 8th most popular A-level in England & 10th in the UK, with entries up 36% since 2020.
In 2025, entries rose 5.5%, bucking the trend of declines across most subjects.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/h1V40
#RESNews #EconSky
In 2025, entries rose 5.5%, bucking the trend of declines across most subjects.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/h1V40
#RESNews #EconSky
🎉 Thanks to @resmedia.bsky.social's Leighton Chipperfield for noting CORE's efforts to make economics teaching more relevant, as he comments on a 5.5% increase in students choosing A level economics. Read the full post on Leighton's substack: leightonchipperfield.substack.com/p/economics-...
Economics A-level entries up - biggly
Today’s A‑level results are good news for Economics.
leightonchipperfield.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🎉 Thanks to @resmedia.bsky.social's Leighton Chipperfield for noting CORE's efforts to make economics teaching more relevant, as he comments on a 5.5% increase in students choosing A level economics. Read the full post on Leighton's substack: leightonchipperfield.substack.com/p/economics-...
🇪🇸 La economía 2.0: microeconomía is now fully available on the CORE website. Thanks to our translators Jose Izquierdo, Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro, & editors Luz Marina Arias, Antonio Cabrales, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Humberto Llavador, and Francesc Trillas.
August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🇪🇸 La economía 2.0: microeconomía is now fully available on the CORE website. Thanks to our translators Jose Izquierdo, Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro, & editors Luz Marina Arias, Antonio Cabrales, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Humberto Llavador, and Francesc Trillas.
📣 New economist in action video: Mushtaq Khan: How Bangladesh surmounted market failures to become a leading garment exporter. Thanks the @uolondon.bsky.social & the Convocation Trust.
youtu.be/Lo5Gz9EnKl8?...
youtu.be/Lo5Gz9EnKl8?...
August 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
📣 New economist in action video: Mushtaq Khan: How Bangladesh surmounted market failures to become a leading garment exporter. Thanks the @uolondon.bsky.social & the Convocation Trust.
youtu.be/Lo5Gz9EnKl8?...
youtu.be/Lo5Gz9EnKl8?...
🇪🇸 The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics Units 4-7 now available in Spanish 🇪🇸 Following the release of Units 1-3 in July, Units 4-7 of La economía 2.0: microeconomía are now available on the CORE website books.core-econ.org/the-economy/...
August 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🇪🇸 The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics Units 4-7 now available in Spanish 🇪🇸 Following the release of Units 1-3 in July, Units 4-7 of La economía 2.0: microeconomía are now available on the CORE website books.core-econ.org/the-economy/...
📈 Students taught with CORE do better in every subject.
New research from @latrobeuni.bsky.social shows CORE texts boost performance across the board. Watch Associate Professor Buly Cardak explain the findings, now published in Southern Economic Journal.
youtu.be/YxJmRriFg6A?...
New research from @latrobeuni.bsky.social shows CORE texts boost performance across the board. Watch Associate Professor Buly Cardak explain the findings, now published in Southern Economic Journal.
youtu.be/YxJmRriFg6A?...
Students taught using CORE perform better in all subjects
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July 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📈 Students taught with CORE do better in every subject.
New research from @latrobeuni.bsky.social shows CORE texts boost performance across the board. Watch Associate Professor Buly Cardak explain the findings, now published in Southern Economic Journal.
youtu.be/YxJmRriFg6A?...
New research from @latrobeuni.bsky.social shows CORE texts boost performance across the board. Watch Associate Professor Buly Cardak explain the findings, now published in Southern Economic Journal.
youtu.be/YxJmRriFg6A?...
CORE’s The Economy is helping power a new AI learning assistant designed to tackle caste-based inequalities in India.
Our friends at @stoneeconucl.bsky.social spoke with Tamo, its creator, about his forthcoming tool and how it could support more inclusive economics education: tinyco.re/4449153
Our friends at @stoneeconucl.bsky.social spoke with Tamo, its creator, about his forthcoming tool and how it could support more inclusive economics education: tinyco.re/4449153
July 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
CORE’s The Economy is helping power a new AI learning assistant designed to tackle caste-based inequalities in India.
Our friends at @stoneeconucl.bsky.social spoke with Tamo, its creator, about his forthcoming tool and how it could support more inclusive economics education: tinyco.re/4449153
Our friends at @stoneeconucl.bsky.social spoke with Tamo, its creator, about his forthcoming tool and how it could support more inclusive economics education: tinyco.re/4449153
Release timeline for Spanish translations of The Economy 2:0 Microeconomics & The Economy 2.0: Macroeconomics.
Huge thanks to our translators @jmien2es.bsky.social, Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro, & editors Luz Marina Arias, Antonio Cabrales, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Humberto Llavador, and Francesc Trillas.
Huge thanks to our translators @jmien2es.bsky.social, Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro, & editors Luz Marina Arias, Antonio Cabrales, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Humberto Llavador, and Francesc Trillas.
July 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Release timeline for Spanish translations of The Economy 2:0 Microeconomics & The Economy 2.0: Macroeconomics.
Huge thanks to our translators @jmien2es.bsky.social, Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro, & editors Luz Marina Arias, Antonio Cabrales, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Humberto Llavador, and Francesc Trillas.
Huge thanks to our translators @jmien2es.bsky.social, Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro, & editors Luz Marina Arias, Antonio Cabrales, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Humberto Llavador, and Francesc Trillas.
Hola 🇪🇸 La economía 2.0: microeconomía, the Spanish translation of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics, is now available on the CORE website: www.core-econ.org/the-economy/...
July 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hola 🇪🇸 La economía 2.0: microeconomía, the Spanish translation of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics, is now available on the CORE website: www.core-econ.org/the-economy/...
We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
Simon Johnson: How do good institutions influence economic growth?
YouTube video by CORE Econ
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June 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...
A new paper, ChatGPT as Economics Tutor: Capabilities and Limitations, has used CORE’s The Economy 1.0 as a reference text. The paper’s aim is to assess the ability of ChatGPT to explain economic concepts and answer multiple-choice questions. Find out more on our website www.core-econ.org/press/
June 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A new paper, ChatGPT as Economics Tutor: Capabilities and Limitations, has used CORE’s The Economy 1.0 as a reference text. The paper’s aim is to assess the ability of ChatGPT to explain economic concepts and answer multiple-choice questions. Find out more on our website www.core-econ.org/press/
What is the most pressing problem economists today should be addressing? The results of our annual word cloud exercise, where we ask CORE students around the world to answer this question, are now online. Take a look here: www.core-econ.org/what-is-the-... #inequality #inflation
May 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
What is the most pressing problem economists today should be addressing? The results of our annual word cloud exercise, where we ask CORE students around the world to answer this question, are now online. Take a look here: www.core-econ.org/what-is-the-... #inequality #inflation
🎉 New Insight available 🎉
Government debt and sovereign wealth in the Global South, by Oscar Landerretche, Universidad de Chile, provides a practical example of the constrained choice model from sections 3.2-3.6 of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics. Read it here:
www.core-econ.org/insights/gov...
Government debt and sovereign wealth in the Global South, by Oscar Landerretche, Universidad de Chile, provides a practical example of the constrained choice model from sections 3.2-3.6 of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics. Read it here:
www.core-econ.org/insights/gov...
May 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🎉 New Insight available 🎉
Government debt and sovereign wealth in the Global South, by Oscar Landerretche, Universidad de Chile, provides a practical example of the constrained choice model from sections 3.2-3.6 of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics. Read it here:
www.core-econ.org/insights/gov...
Government debt and sovereign wealth in the Global South, by Oscar Landerretche, Universidad de Chile, provides a practical example of the constrained choice model from sections 3.2-3.6 of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics. Read it here:
www.core-econ.org/insights/gov...
We’re proud to have been mentioned by @harvard.edu Professor Danielle Allen in an article for @theatlantic.com. Danielle commended our efforts to make the teaching of economics more relevant to present day economic realities. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America and Its Universities Need a New Social Contract
Fifty dollars for STEM, five cents for citizenship—that’s how America apportions its education dollars. Our beleaguered universities must redress the balance—helping the country and themselves.
www.theatlantic.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We’re proud to have been mentioned by @harvard.edu Professor Danielle Allen in an article for @theatlantic.com. Danielle commended our efforts to make the teaching of economics more relevant to present day economic realities. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...