Authorship and Production

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

Samuel Bowles Santa Fe Institute

Wendy Carlin UCL

Simon D. Halliday Johns Hopkins University

Margaret Stevens University of Oxford

Eileen Tipoe Queen Mary University of London

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

Luz Marina Arias University of Salamanca

Eric Bottorff Oakton College

Simon D. Halliday Johns Hopkins University

Annika Johnson Oakton College

Mary Lopez Occidental College

Anastasia Papadopoulou University of Bristol

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 CORE

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

enCOREage Project Advisory Board

Luz Marina Arias University of Salamanca

Samuel Bowles Santa Fe Institute

Adam Bush Oakton College

Wendy Carlin UCL

Sandy Darity Duke University

Peter Dougherty Princeton University Press

Simon D. Halliday Johns Hopkins University

Darrick Hamilton The New School of Social Research

Roby Harrington Higher Ed

Timothy Knowles Carnegie Endowment for the Advancement of Teaching

Chauncy Lennon Lumina Foundation

Margaret Levi Stanford University

Mary Murphy Indiana University

Manuel Pastor University of Southern California

Philipp Schmidt MIT Media Lab

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

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), Emily Glezer (UCL), Amy Eremionkale (DePauw University), Alexander Humphreys (University of Bristol), Aiden Leung (KCL), Tzvetan Moev (KCL, Cambridge University), Marquell Moore (SSEES), Sandra Paing (UCL), Damian Phelan (UCL), Hannah Siew (UCL), Emma Spearman (UCL), Siya Thakur (UCL), Ravi Venugopal (UCL), Bella Zheng (UCL), Yitong Zhu (UCL), Michelle Ngo (Occidental College), Elle Howson (Occidental College), Drew Chico (Johns Hopkins University).

Production team for The Economy 2.0

Jane Archer (CORE Econ project manager), Graeme Cohen (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 (UNC Chapel Hill), Guillermo Cockrum (College of San Mateo), Karla Cordova, Kalena Cortes, Gerald Daniels (Howard University), Pascaline Dupas, Amy Eremionkhale (Georgia State), Florencia Gabriele (Emmanuel College), Jimena Gonzalez (Manhattan University), Simon D. Halliday (Johns Hopkins University), Roby Harrington (Formerly W.W. Norton, ret.), 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), Philipp Schmidt (MIT), Brandon Sheridan (Elon University), Andrea Sorce (Diablo Valley College), James Tierney (Tierney Education), Zachary Ugolnik (Stanford University), 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 (Georgia Tech University), Colin Cannonier (Belmont University), Amy Eremionkhale (Georgia State University), Irene Foster (George Washington University), Shelby Frost (Georgia State University), Ruslan Galyamov (Georgia State University), Liz Gonchar (Georgia Tech), Alan Green (Stetson University), Kenese Io (Glendale Community College), Ian Jung (Georgia State 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 (CASBS), 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).