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.bsky.social: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

Historic devolution plans provide an opportunity for lasting change

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 go...

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CORE Insights updates: - The Spanish translation of 'A world of differences' is now available from the Insights homepage. - @paulsegal.bsky.social's inflation video has been added to his Insight. - Exercise answers are now in the 'extra resources' section. books.core-econ.org/insights/

"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: www.core-econ.org/knowledge-is...

🇪🇸 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...

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: www.core-econ.org/where-englis... #EconEd

A great piece from @ucstonecenter.bsky.social looking at the many invaluable contributions CORE co-founder Sam Bowles has made to economics education: stonecenter.uchicago.edu/news-insight...

🇪🇸 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: www.core-econ.org/wp-content/u... #inequality

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-econom...

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/understandin...

“The Economy 2.0” from @coreecon.bsky.social is now available in two paperback volumes, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, from Hackett Publishing. Learn more and order instructor examination copies on the Hackett website (link in bio).

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: www.core-econ.org/translating-...

"Students sometimes feel like they're the problem… when really the issue is the way the material is being presented." Better grades, more confidence. Jorge Kawas discusses introducing CORE at Unitec, Honduras's largest private university: www.core-econ.org/better-grade... #EconEd

Friend of CORE Suresh Naidu has co-authored a working paper titled “The Economic Geography of American Slavery”. In it, he asks what the antebellum American economy would have looked like without slavery. It’s available via @nber.org. Fascinating and well worth a read: www.nber.org/papers/w34356

The Economic Geography of American Slavery

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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A randomised study of 6,000 students in Uruguay found students taught with CORE were around 60% less likely to rely on private economics tutoring. Find out more about Pablo Blanchard, Elisa Failache & co's evaluation of CORE: www.core-econ.org/evaluating-c... #EconEd

🇪🇸 La economía 2.0: macroeconomía is complete! Thanks to our translators Jose Izquierdo, Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro, & editors Luz Marina Arias, Antonio Cabrales, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Humberto Llavador, and Francesc Trillas. Read it on the CORE website: tinyco.re/7394762

Deadline reminder: 22 May. CORE Econ & Stone Centre Network Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics Education and Inequality. Apply & find out more here 👉 tinyco.re/6548441

"A class of 800... many expressed deep concern that they've lost the ability to read and write on their own". CORE director Wendy Carlin speaks with Anya Pearson on AI and the current state of economics education for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/in-the-... #EconEd

“In the World of AI, Answers are Cheap. But What's Really Scarce are Good Questions”: Interview with Wendy Carlin

Anya Pearson interviews Professor Wendy Carlin about a new way of teaching and learning economics.

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New research: students taught with CORE are less likely to pay for private #microeconomics tutoring than peers in non-CORE courses. They also attend class more often and are more likely to study in groups. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Another way of teaching microeconomics: impact evaluation of the CORE project

Taking advantage of the random assignment of students in Uruguay to either a conventional introductory microeconomics course or one based on the Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics (CORE) p...

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Calling all introductory #economics teachers. CORE's Experiencing Economics makes running classroom experiments easy, with step-by-step guides for students and instructors. It's available for free and has a fresh new look. Give it a try here: books.core-econ.org/experiencing...

We’re hiring a CORE and Stone Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics Education and Inequality. More details and how to apply: tinyco.re/3618199

What happens when minimum wage rises? CORE Economist in Action @arindube.bsky.social's research has been featured in The @newyorker.com by @johncassidysays.bsky.social. Read John's article below, or watch Arin's EinA video to learn more: 📰 www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin... 🎥 youtu.be/99ZTpN5R3mk?...

How can climate justice inform policy design and global climate negotiations? A new CORE Insight from Benjamín Leiva, Edwin Castellanos, @drdebbieley.bsky.social, and Pascal Girot, explores this pressing question. Read it here: books.core-econ.org/insights/cli...

The 2026 CORE Econ Workshop is now underway. A warm thank you to participants, many joining us from abroad, and to our colleagues at @lborouniversity.bsky.social for their invaluable support.

Young Economist of the Year 2026 is now open! UK students can put forward their ideas on the major economic challenges shaping our world. A great initiative from: @discoverecon.bsky.social. Learn more: www.discovereconomics.co.uk/young-econom... @resmedia.bsky.social @kpmguk.bsky.social

📢 New podcast 📢 Friend of CORE Simon Johnson (@simonrjohnson.bsky.social) & Gary Gensler cover Iran, Greenland, prediction markets, AI and more. Power and Consequences is a masterclass in how economics meets the real world, essential for anyone with an interest in the subject. pod.link/1879498704

"Traditional textbooks usually don’t communicate what we’ve learned about behavioural economics, which is something that CORE emphasises a lot". Janneth Zegarra (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) reflects on teaching with CORE in Peru: www.core-econ.org/rethinking-e...

The 2026 CORE Econ Workshop is this month. We’re gathering at @lborouniversity.bsky.social for two days of insightful sessions and conversations with the CORE community. Don’t miss it!

What do people think causes #inflation? @s-stantcheva.bsky.social's surveys reveal the gulf between how economists & the public understand inflation. Learn more in this Economist in Action video: youtu.be/orXTKWsP74o?... Made possible by @uolondon.bsky.social & the Convocation Trust.

Stefanie Stantcheva: Why do people dislike inflation?

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Anna Farina Poerbonegoro, Parahyangan Catholic University, explains how she initiated her department’s transition to CORE, while simultaneously leading a project to translate The Economy. Read more: www.core-econ.org/rewriting-ec.... More updates to follow as the project progresses.

How important is information in the labour market? In this Economist in Action video, Anna Vitali discusses her research into job markets in emerging economies where the flow of information between job seekers and firms looking for workers is limited youtu.be/oFGsksIFd8g?...

Anna Vitali: How important is information in the labour market?

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