Economy, Society, and Public Policy

Economy, Society, and Public Policy

Economy, Society, and Public Policy is a new way to learn economics. The only resource to show students from any programme of study how to use economics to understand and articulate reasoned views on some of the most pressing policy problems facing our societies: inequality, financial instability, the future of work, environmental degradation, wealth creation, and innovation.  Free online resources at: core-econ.org/resources. FOR LEARNERS Economist in Action videos by Al Roth, James Heckman, Anat Admati, Juliet Schor, Thomas Piketty, Petra Moser and others give you a glimpse of what economists do and how they engage in real policy questions - Diagrams with step-by-step explanations FOR INSTRUCTORS: Lecture slides in PowerPoint format - Slides of figures - Answers to exercises with teaching ideas Economy, Society, and Public Policy is accompanied by Doing Economics , a free open-access e-book which helps students develop their quantitative skills using real-world problems and data: www.core-econ.org/doing-economics.  "The best innovation in economic education that I have seen in my career. A smorgasbord of ideas that refresh our old concepts, moving our standard discourse from dismal to light, from a dehumanized science to a spirited vision of the world." —Christian Gollier, Toulouse School of Economics, France "We chose Economy, Society, and Public Policy because we have a very diverse cohort—most students were bored whilst others were struggling to keep pace. We wanted a more up-to-date, data-driven syllabus that covered the topics students wanted to discuss (inequality, climate change, etc.). I have just have finished teaching the first cohort of nearly 500 students and they seem to be highly engaged." —Carlos Cortinhas, University of Exeter, UK " Economy, Society, and Public Policy was a very successful text for non-economics majors. They really appreciated how they could get a great introduction to economics that focused on the real world and data, and was meaningful to their own experience of the world." —Mark Dodd, University of Adelaide, Australia "Other economics textbooks teach you about individual tools. Economy, Society, and Public Policy , on the other hand, teaches you how to address complex issues such as inequality and unemployment by simultaneously using all the tools in the toolbox. As a public policy student, this approach allowed me to evaluate current events and policy proposals through an economically comprehensive, rather than fragmented, lens." —Alaina Leggette, MPA student at Columbia University (SIPA), US The CORE Econ Team is made up of leading economists from around the world, led by: Wendy Carlin , Director of CORE Econ, Professor of Economics at University College London, and a Research Fellow of the CEPR. Samuel Bowles , Research Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Margaret Stevens , Professor and former head of the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford. Eileen Tipoe , Reader in School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary, University of London.