CORE (Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics) Econ
CORE Econ’s vision is that a radically transformed economics education can contribute to a more just, sustainable, and democratic world in which future citizens are empowered by a new economics to understand and debate how best to address pressing societal problems. Our mission, to achieve this vision, is to
The development of CORE Econ ebooks, resources, and all other content is overseen by the CORE Econ Editorial Board comprised of:
CORE Econ is a global community of learners, instructors and researchers with a mission to reform the teaching of economics. Our content is developed by a team of volunteers that includes 30+ primary authors. They are experts in micro- and macroeconomics, game theory, economic history, political economy, behavioural, labour, industrial, development and environmental economics. Joining them are hundreds of contributors who believe in our mission to transform how economics is taught.
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Education institutions across the world are adopting CORE Econ to improve their teaching of economics.
Find out moreWe are grateful for the support of the following organizations:
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation donated US$7 million to establish the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality and the Economy at UCL. The gift will support CORE (Curriculum Open-Access Resources in Economics) Econ as well as research at the UCL Department of Economics. The mission of the Centre is to advance research and teaching to provide a clear understanding of the causes of wealth inequality, and its economic and political consequences. The Centre makes education and research equal partners in the venture – it will provide a global hub for research and learning that will make wealth concentration and its impacts on innovation and sustainability central to an economics education.
A grant from the Partners for a New Economy will enable CORE Econ to revise its highly successful ebook The Economy to make climate change one of its two centrepieces, together with inequality. CORE Econ will use the climate crisis to introduce beginning students of economics to the importance of instability as well as stability in economic systems. They will learn about tipping points, disequilibrium processes and other aspects of dynamic analysis that can be applied not only to climate but also to financial instability and poverty traps. This is a primary objective of The Economy 2.0 project and a novel challenge for the economics profession at the introductory level. Support from the grant is also provided for teacher and student user reviews and expert reviews of The Economy 2.0, as well as bringing the course to the attention of teachers and university decision-makers through workshops and conferences and media exposure.
The Finistere Charitable Foundation supports the development and dissemination of new knowledge in the life and social sciences. CORE Econ is transforming both the content of the economics curriculum and how that curriculum is taught at the undergraduate level. The Foundation has made an initial unrestricted grant to CORE Econ in furtherance of these purposes.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation supports CORE Econ with two grants. The first grant, awarded in 2018, is an operational grant that enables further organisational development, as well as technological development of the CORE Econ publishing platform to enable the delivery of additional interactive teaching and learning materials. The second grant was awarded in 2020 for CORE Econ to continue its work on transforming the content and pedagogy of introductory economics with a special focus on developing US specific content.
The Friends Provident Foundation supports CORE Econ with two grants. The initial grant awarded in 2015 supported the creation of new teaching, learning and assessment resources (freely available in The Economy ebook and on the CORE Econ website); creation of a rich learning environment that can be used by economics students and the general public; diffusion of the CORE Econ curriculum through the university system and beyond; and the creation of communities of teachers and learners through workshops and other promotional activities. The second grant awarded in 2019 is intended to support CORE Econ with operational costs and enable the maintenance of the project, delivery of outputs and scaling up to ensure continued success and viability of the project. The most prominent output of these activities will be The Economy 2.0 edition and the creation of additional teaching and learning materials.
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation donated US$7 million to establish the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality and the Economy at UCL. The gift will support CORE (Curriculum Open-Access Resources in Economics) Econ as well as research at the UCL Department of Economics. The mission of the Centre is to advance research and teaching to provide a clear understanding of the causes of wealth inequality, and its economic and political consequences. The Centre makes education and research equal partners in the venture – it will provide a global hub for research and learning that will make wealth concentration and its impacts on innovation and sustainability central to an economics education.
A grant from the Partners for a New Economy will enable CORE Econ to revise its highly successful ebook The Economy to make climate change one of its two centrepieces, together with inequality. CORE Econ will use the climate crisis to introduce beginning students of economics to the importance of instability as well as stability in economic systems. They will learn about tipping points, disequilibrium processes and other aspects of dynamic analysis that can be applied not only to climate but also to financial instability and poverty traps. This is a primary objective of The Economy 2.0 project and a novel challenge for the economics profession at the introductory level. Support from the grant is also provided for teacher and student user reviews and expert reviews of The Economy 2.0, as well as bringing the course to the attention of teachers and university decision-makers through workshops and conferences and media exposure.
The Finistere Charitable Foundation supports the development and dissemination of new knowledge in the life and social sciences. CORE Econ is transforming both the content of the economics curriculum and how that curriculum is taught at the undergraduate level. The Foundation has made an initial unrestricted grant to CORE Econ in furtherance of these purposes.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation supports CORE Econ with two grants. The first grant, awarded in 2018, is an operational grant that enables further organisational development, as well as technological development of the CORE Econ publishing platform to enable the delivery of additional interactive teaching and learning materials. The second grant was awarded in 2020 for CORE Econ to continue its work on transforming the content and pedagogy of introductory economics with a special focus on developing US specific content.
The Friends Provident Foundation supports CORE Econ with two grants. The initial grant awarded in 2015 supported the creation of new teaching, learning and assessment resources (freely available in The Economy ebook and on the CORE Econ website); creation of a rich learning environment that can be used by economics students and the general public; diffusion of the CORE Econ curriculum through the university system and beyond; and the creation of communities of teachers and learners through workshops and other promotional activities. The second grant awarded in 2019 is intended to support CORE Econ with operational costs and enable the maintenance of the project, delivery of outputs and scaling up to ensure continued success and viability of the project. The most prominent output of these activities will be The Economy 2.0 edition and the creation of additional teaching and learning materials.
CORE Economics Education is a charity registered in England and Wales (number 1175143). The charity is overseen by Trustees, the day-to-day running is delegated to the Charity Secretary, Professor Wendy Carlin, while operations are undertaken by the CORE Econ Management and Research team.
