Misty Heggeness
@mlheggeness.bsky.social
Author of SWIFTYNOMICS: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy 📚 Order here: https://a.co/d/dDydwxe. Currently: co-director Kansas Pop Center & associate professor, KU. Formerly: Census|NIH|USDOL.
🎙️Taylor Swift is economist @mlheggeness.bsky.social's muse. Her new book, Swiftynomics, from @ucpress.bsky.social blends a data-driven approach to women’s work with gender analysis and pop culture. The message: women have serious economic power. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/economic-emp...
Economic Empowerment, Babe - WORT-FM 89.9
Dana Pellebon is in conversation with Misty L. Heggeness about her new book, Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy.
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Misty Heggeness joins Guy to unpack the ideas behind Swiftynomics—and why women are increasingly building their own paths instead of waiting for old systems to change. 🎙️ New episode out now: guykawasaki.com/why-...
Last chance -- Nomination opportunity for AEA coeditors and board of editors closes on Sunday May 31st. We welcome your suggestions! @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Erzo F.P. Luttmer@erzoluttmer.bsky.social · 3mo agoNow is the time to let the AEA know who you'd like to see in editorial positions at AEA journals. Link for nominations (including self-nominations): www.aeaweb.org/journals/edi... Thanks! @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF
New Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! – Grant Witness
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Hear me out…educated men are doing more because they have partnered with equally educated women - and it is the women’s increased bargaining power that has shifted these men’s behavior. 💡💡💡
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2mo agoCollege-educated men lead the way among dads sacrificing hours at the office for time at home.
privilege of care and its relationship to the economy academic.oup.com/oxrep/articl...
The privilege of care and its relationship to the economy
Abstract. This paper provides a conceptual overview and exploration of formal and informal care provisions and their implications on economic measurement r
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Check out my latest substack with data on moms & subscribe for more of the same content! substack.com/@mistyheggen...
Moms Are Working More; Who Is Taking Care of The Kids? (Surprise! Probably Moms...)
Post-pandemic labor force participation of mothers of kids under 5 is up (and staying up) - anywhere from 2 to 4 percentage points
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Book tour ends on a high note at the @latimes.com Festival of Books!
Boston peeps! I will be in town tonight giving a book talk at 7pm. Please come and hang out with us! RSVP below… brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...
Misty L. Heggeness: Swiftynomics
A feminist romp through pop culture that illuminates how women influence and shape the economy.Taylor Swift isn't just a pop megastar. She is a working woman whose astounding accomplishments defy patriarchal norms. And while not all women can be Beyoncé or Dolly Parton or Reese Witherspoon, the successes of these trailblazing stars help us understand the central role of women in today's economy.Swiftynomics assesses the complex economic lives of everyday American women through the stories of groundbreakers like Taylor Swift, Misty L. Heggeness digs into the data, revealing women's hidden contributions and aspirations—the unexamined value they create by pursuing their own ambitions. She highlights the abundance of productive activity in their daily lives and acknowledges the barriers they still face.Exploring critical reforms regarding caregiving and gendered labor, this book offers advice for women to thrive in an economy that was not built for them.
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To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
What can Taylor Swift teach us about the economy? @mlheggeness.bsky.social explains how her concept of Swiftynomics shines a light on the true value of women’s work and influence, today on BBC Woman's Hour! @ucpress.bsky.social www.bbc.com/audio/play/m... 💙📚 #booksky
BBC Audio | Woman's Hour | First female Archbishop of Canterbury, Schiaparelli exhibition, Swiftynomics
Reaction to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
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Does he understand how non-US citizens become “undocumented”??? It’s definitely not by getting on a plane to the US with a valid visa…which is the only way they let you on the plane. 🙄
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoQ: Will we see ICE arresting illegal migrants at airports? TRUMP: Yeah. That's why the Democrats are going crazy. ICE loves it because they're able to now arrest illegals as they come into the country. It's very fertile territory.
In Chicago? Come see me!
Chicago Public Library@chipublib.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin us on March 30 as we welcome @mlheggeness.bsky.social to discuss her new book, "Swiftynomics," which explores the complex economic lives of American women through the stories of groundbreakers like Taylor Swift. Learn more: chi.gov/swiftynomics
In their OxREP article, Misty L. Heggeness, Joseph Bommarito, and Pilar McDonald introduce the concept of ‘care privilege’. Those with easy access to care provision often control policymaking, while caregivers struggle to influence social policies. doi.org/10.1093/oxre...
The privilege of care and its relationship to the economy
Abstract. This paper provides a conceptual overview and exploration of formal and informal care provisions and their implications on economic measurement r
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When jobs are scarce, both men and women prefer that men work—but exposure to just six weeks of women working is enough to shift both partners' support for women's labor supply, from Yueh-ya Hsu, Reshmaan N. Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, and Gregory Lane www.nber.org/papers/w34969
If the people writing policy have “care privilege,” what are they missing? In this week's episode, Misty Heggeness uses “Swiftynomics” to expose what economics still refuses to see—and why it matters for how our economy actually works. 🎧 Listen at the following link: buff.ly/3mSrkn2
The Heritage Foundation's New Policy Guidebook Wants to Push Women Out of Public Life
The Heritage Foundation's New Policy Guidebook Wants to Push Women Out of Public Life
Heritage Foundation ties declining birthrates to women’s independence, proposes policies to steer them back toward early marriage and motherhood.
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Do you work at BEA, BLS or any of the other stats agencies? I'd love to talk to you. You can reach me on Signal at bencasselman.96.
Ben Casselman@bencasselman.bsky.social · 5mo agoAn obscure methodological tweak -- a change in the source of data on the price of legal services -- resulted in meaningfully lower monthly PCE inflation in January. That's prompting questions about why the change was made and why it wasn't disclosed publicly. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b... #EconSky
