Authorship and Production

The CORE Econ Editorial Board and lead authors of Understanding Our Economy

Sam Bowles, Wendy Carlin, Simon D. Halliday, Margaret Stevens, and Eileen Tipoe of the CORE Econ Editorial Board oversaw and coordinated contributions by teaching and learning experts, researchers, reviewers, instructors, students in the pilot colleges, and editors, designers, and web developers.

… joined by

The lead authors of the chapters in Understanding Our Economy are Simon D. Halliday, Mary Lopez, Eric Bottorff, Annika Johnson, Anastasia Papadopoulou, and Luz Marina Arias.

Tina Rozsos was responsible for data management and visualizations of empirical data.

enCOREage Project Advisory Board

Understanding Our Economy arose from the enCOREage project, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Education Program.

The lead authors of the chapters of Understanding Our Economy are listed below.

Chapter 1 Simon D. Halliday Chapter 10 Eric Bottorff, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 2 Simon D. Halliday Chapter 11 Eric Bottorff, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 3 Luz Marina Arias, Simon D. Halliday Chapter 12 Mary Lopez, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 4 Eric Bottorff, Simon D. Halliday Chapter 13 Mary Lopez, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 5 Simon D. Halliday Chapter 14 Mary Lopez, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 6 Simon D. Halliday Chapter 15 Eric Bottorff, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 7 Simon D. Halliday Chapter 16 Annika Johnson, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 8 Simon D. Halliday Chapter 17 Annika Johnson, Anastasia
Papadopoulou, Simon D. Halliday
Chapter 9 Simon D. Halliday Chapter 18 Simon D. Halliday

To cite a chapter, use: Simon D. Halliday 2026, ‘Cooperation, conflict, and the environment’. Chapter 1 in Understanding Our Economy. Available https://books.core-econ.org/core-understanding-our-economy/uoe-101/01-01.html

The production of teaching and learning materials for Understanding Our Economy 2.0

Emily Glezer (UCL), Emma Huang (UCL), Shivam Gujral (Cambridge)

Multiple-choice questions: Emma Spearman (UCL), Siya Thakur (UCL)

CORE researchers and interns for The Economy 2.0

Maanavi Bansal (UCL), Drew Chico (Johns Hopkins University), Amy Eremionkhale (DePauw University), Emily Glezer (UCL), Elle Howson (Occidental College), Alexander Humphreys (University of Bristol), Aiden Leung (KCL), Weile Lyu (UCL), Tzvetan Moev (KCL, Cambridge University), Marquell Moore (SSEES), Michelle Ngo (Occidental College), Samaira Nomanbhoy (UCL), Sandra Paing (UCL), Damian Phelan (UCL), Albertina Robinson-Welsh (UCL), Swapnil Roy (University of Toronto), Jovera Shakeel (Univerity of Oxford), Hannah Siew (UCL), Emma Spearman (UCL), Siya Thakur (UCL), Ravi Venugopal (UCL), Bella Zheng (UCL), Yitong Zhu (UCL).

Production team for The Economy 2.0

Jane Archer (CORE Econ project manager), Graeme Cohen (CORE Econ communications and outreach officer), Luka Crnjakovic (CORE Econ operations manager), Steven Rigolosi (editor), Tina Rozsos (data manager).

Editorial, design, and software development: Arthur Attwell, Sasha Broom, Ellen Cameron, Louis Greenberg, Karen Lilje, Louise Steward.

CORE ‘Economist in action’ videos

Bob Allen (University of Oxford), Juan Camilo Cardenas (Universidad de los Andes), James Heckman (University of Chicago), Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics), Juliet Schor (Boston College), Anna Vitali (NYU), Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University). Directed by Bob Denham (Econ Films) and Ross Harrison.

Commenters, contributors, and pilot instructors

Katie Baird (UW Tacoma), Mark Maier (Glendale College), Andre Sorce (Diablo Valley College), Amy Eremionkhale (DePauw University), Carla Nietfeld (Miami University), Avi Cohen (University of Toronto), Solina Lindahl (California Polytechnic State University), Kenese Io (Glendale College), Chris Bernard (Berkeley City College), Gabriel Martinez (Ave Maria College), Mary Lopez (Occidental College), Eric Bottorff (Oakton College), Simon D. Halliday (Johns Hopkins University).

Workshop participants

2022 CASBS Workshop participants: Luz Marina Arias (U. Salamanca), Katie Baird (UW Tacoma), Chris Bernard (Berkeley City College), Jim Campbell (UC Berkeley), Juan Camilo Cardenas (U. de Los Andes and U. Massachusetts, Amherst), Larry Chavis (Kalamazoo College), Guillermo Cockrum (College of San Mateo), Karla Cordova (Pomona College), Kalena Cortes (Texas A&M University), Gerald Daniels (Howard University), Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University), Amy Eremionkhale (DePauw University), Florencia Gabriele (Emmanuel College), Jimena Gonzalez (Manhattan University), Simon D. Halliday (Johns Hopkins University), Roby Harrington (Higher Ed), Sarah Jacobson (Williams College), Annika Johnson (University of Bristol), Venoo Kakar (SF State), Peter Kaufman (MIT Open Learning), James “Michael” Latham (Collins College), Stephan Lefebvre (Bucknell College), Margaret Levi (Stanford University), Solina Lindahl (California Polytechnic State University), Mary Lopez (Occidental College), Mark Maier (Glendale College), Liam Malloy (U. Rhode Island), Mary Murphy (IU Bloomington), Carla Nietfeld (Miami University), Jennifer Pakula (Saddleback College), Manuel Pastor (USC), Gina Pieters (U. Chicago), Phil Ruder (Pacific University), Phillip Schmidt (Axim Collaborative), Brandon Sheridan (Elon University), Andrea Sorce (Diablo Valley College), James Tierney (Tierney Education), Zachary Ugolnik (John Templeton Foundation), Mike Urbancic (University of Oregon), Aselia Urmanbetova (Georgia Tech), Louis Vayo (Mt. San Antonio College), Angelino Viceisza (Spelman College), Laurel Wheeler (Minneapolis Fed).

2023 Georgia Tech Workshop Participants: Lorenzo Almada (Georgia State University), Muchin Bazan (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Colin Cannonier (Belmont University), Amy Eremionkhale (DePauw University), Irene Foster (George Washington University), Shelby Frost (Georgia State University), Ruslan Galyamov (University of West Georgia), Liz Gonchar (Georgia Tech), Alan Green (Stetson University), Kenese Io (Glendale Community College), Ian Jung (Siena University), James “Michael” Latham (Collin College), Solina Lindahl (California Polytechnic State College), Siru Liu (Georgia State University), Fernando Lozano (Pomona University), Tamah Morant (North Carolina State University), Usha Nair-Reichert (Georgia Tech University), Carla Nietfeld (Miami University, Ohio), Ruth Oyelere (Agnes Scott College), James Peyton (Highline College), Camilo Rubbini (Florida State University), Phil Ruder (Pacific University), Jessica Sauve-Syed (Furman University), Andrea Sorce (Diablo Valley College), Zachary Ugolnik (John Templeton Foundation), Mike Urbancic (University of Oregon), Aselia Urmanbetova (Georgia Tech), Laurel Wheeler (University of Alberta), Debra White (Georgia Tech), David Wilson (Binghamton University), Danny Woodbury (Georgia Tech).