CORE is an open-access, interactive ebook-based course for anyone interested in learning about the economy and economics. It is a question-motivated way to learnthe tools of economics. CORE is empirically motivated and illustrated: students learn models motivated by facts from history, experiments and data.
CORE is based on recent developments in economics and other social sciences:
- Economic actors as both self-interested and ethical
- Why supply and demand are sometimes not equal, especially in markets for labour and credit
- Not only equilibria, but also on how prices, quantities, and technologies change
- The importance of economic rents for the working of a modern capitalist economy
- How institutions differ among economies, and what difference this makes for macroeconomic performance
CORE is a collaborative project using insights on the economy from a wide range of historical, geographical, disciplinary and methodological perspectives. It is a community of learners and teachers collaborating to make economics accessible and relevant to today’s problems.
All course materials (ebook, teaching notes, quizz, etc.) are freely accessible here: www.core-econ.org.
The CORE project (French adaptation and translation of the ebook) was selected and awarded grant through the calls for projects « Pédagogies innovantes » and « Réussite en licence » launched by University Sorbonne Paris Cité and funded by the Initiative d’excellence du programme des investissements d’avenir. 