CORE Econ

26/08/2026

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: https://www.core-econ.org/an-ai-tutor-that-teaches-and-doesnt-default-to-market-theory-introducing-peter-nunez/

18/08/2026

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.
https://www.core-econ.org/cores-new-textbook-an-introduction-to-understanding-our-economy/

04/08/2026

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 UCL Policy Lab:

The government has announced one of the largest shifts of fiscal power to local places in decades. With this, the Lab reflects on why handing power down to regions and communities is central to the government’s plan to turn around the UK economy and politics.

29/07/2026

CORE Insights update:
- You can now access the Spanish translation of 'A world of differences' from the Insights homepage.
- Paul Segal's Inflation explainer video has been added to his Insight.
- Exercise answers for Insights are accessible via the 'extra resources' section.
Take a look: books.core-econ.org/insights/

28/07/2026

"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:
https://www.core-econ.org/knowledge-is-truly-democratic-introducing-cores-new-intern-jovera-shakeel/

21/07/2026

🇪🇸 La economía 2.0: macroeconomía has been added to CORE's Android app, alongside Microeconomía. Download it and read both volumes on the go: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.electricbookworks.core.theeconomy2.es

08/07/2026

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: https://www.core-econ.org/where-english-makes-verbs-out-of-everything-and-spanish-needs-a-sentence-translating-the-economy-2-0-into-spanish/

07/07/2026

A great piece from the UC Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality & Mobility looking at the many invaluable contributions CORE co-founder Sam Bowles has made to economics education: https://stonecenter.uchicago.edu/news-insights/samuel-bowles-revolutionary-contributions-to-economic-education/

01/07/2026

🇪🇸 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:https://www.core-econ.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/core-insights-un-mundo-de-diferencias.pdf

24/06/2026

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: https://books.core-econ.org/doing-economics/book/text/14-01.html