Core economy textbook: Version 2.0

Core economy textbook is releasing a new version:

The world has changed since the first edition of The Economy 1.0 in 2017, and so have the ways to explain it.

CORE Econ has updated the tools students need to understand and address the challenges of today’s world, so we can continue in our mission to introduce students to what economists do now, and what we know.

The Economy 2.0 brings together the latest research in economics and related disciplines, with the feedback we’ve received over the years.

See how it will better meet your teaching and learning needs.

The micro book is out and the macro one is to be released in May.

The differences in Macro 2.0 compared to units in Macro 1.0:

Macroeconomics volume
These units in The Economy 2.0: Macroeconomics correspond to…	…these units in The Economy 1.0
1. The supply side of the macroeconomy: Unemployment and real wages	9. The labour market: Wages, profits, and unemployment
2. Unemployment, wages, and inequality: Supply side policies and institutions	New
3. Aggregate demand and the multiplier model	13. Economic fluctuations and unemployment  14. Unemployment and fiscal policy
4. Inflation and unemployment	15. Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy
5. Macroeconomic policy: Inflation and unemployment	14. Unemployment and fiscal policy  15. Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy
6. The financial sector: Debt, wealth, capital and money	10. Banks, money, and the credit market (only the part about banks and money)
7. Macroeconomic policies in the global economy	New
8. Economic dynamics: Financial and environmental	New
9. Global growth and inequality	New
10. Creative destruction and the future of work, inequality and the planet	New