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.
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Misty Heggeness
@mlheggeness.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy
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🎆Come one, come all! 🎆 SWIFTYNOMICS: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy is now available for pre-order! a.co/d/hZLsS95 @ucpress.bsky.social #swiftynomics
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Swiftynomics: At times reading like a self-help book, it carries hefty political analysis
Swiftynomics: At times reading like a self-help book, it carries hefty political analysis
Misty L. Heggeness offers a rich economics history and veritable coterie of feminist heroes, drilling deep into the concept of care-privilege
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February 7, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Swiftynomics: At times reading like a self-help book, it carries hefty political analysis
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I have heard *multiple* firsthand accounts from Minneapolis that things have NOT improved, rather the techniques used are becoming swifter and sneakier. This continued crises on the ground is unsustainable and not garnering continued media attention.
February 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I have heard *multiple* firsthand accounts from Minneapolis that things have NOT improved, rather the techniques used are becoming swifter and sneakier. This continued crises on the ground is unsustainable and not garnering continued media attention.
Here's a list of some of the media on @swiftynomics.bsky.social from the first week of release. So grateful for all the coverage! 🙏
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Here's a list of some of the media on @swiftynomics.bsky.social from the first week of release. So grateful for all the coverage! 🙏
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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BREAKING Star Tribune:
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
The latest: Eight more federal prosecutors set to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office
The recent wave of departures follows the mass exodus of six veteran prosecutors last month who quit in protest of recent directives from the U.S. Department of Justice.
www.startribune.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
BREAKING Star Tribune:
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
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This Black History Month, we invite you to explore the rich and complex history of Black travel during legal racial segregation. The Green Book Project serves as an archives and community project. Share your story here: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
#CommunityMap #EconSky
February 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
This Black History Month, we invite you to explore the rich and complex history of Black travel during legal racial segregation. The Green Book Project serves as an archives and community project. Share your story here: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
#CommunityMap #EconSky
This event was so much fun. 🫶🏻 #swiftynomics #rainydaybooks
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This event was so much fun. 🫶🏻 #swiftynomics #rainydaybooks
Taylor Swift embodies female economic power in new book by KU professor kansasreflector.com/2026/01/30/t...
Taylor Swift embodies female economic power in new book by KU professor • Kansas Reflector
Misty Heggeness released “Swiftynomics,” a book explaining how female economic power radiates from the music star.
kansasreflector.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Taylor Swift embodies female economic power in new book by KU professor kansasreflector.com/2026/01/30/t...
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Economics newrepublic.com/article/2056... via @newrepublic.com
What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Economics
Dr. Misty Heggeness explains how the pop star inspired her new book, Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Economics newrepublic.com/article/2056... via @newrepublic.com
Release day!!! Posting shortly with some more press and reviews on the book. Go pick up yours now! 📚
"Swiftynomics," new book by @mlheggeness.bsky.social explores how Taylor Swift and women across the country drive the economy, in ways both spectacular and unrecognized. news.ku.edu/news/article...
"Swiftynomics" and how women drive the economy
New book uses Taylor Swift as lens on how women do the work every day that drives the economy.
news.ku.edu
January 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Release day!!! Posting shortly with some more press and reviews on the book. Go pick up yours now! 📚
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
Coming this Tuesday! Order your copy today! @ucpress.bsky.social @swiftynomics.bsky.social a.co/d/ehud5Tm (also available on bookshop.org and you can listen to it on audible.com) 🙌 🙌 🙌
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Coming this Tuesday! Order your copy today! @ucpress.bsky.social @swiftynomics.bsky.social a.co/d/ehud5Tm (also available on bookshop.org and you can listen to it on audible.com) 🙌 🙌 🙌
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“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
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January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
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This person is very incompetent at her job.
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This person is very incompetent at her job.
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“.. foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.” 🤡
@wsj.com
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January 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
“.. foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.” 🤡
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
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I relate to this Bears team so deeply because I, too, really turn on the performance jets when I’m way behind and am about to lose it all in the next 5 minutes
January 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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"Yeah, you'll notice there that Bessent was just trying to defend the President, but he didn't actually mention what the President did. The President threatened the Fed chair, Jay Powell, with jail. He threatened Jay Powell with jail for doing what Congress told Jay Powell to do."
January 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Yeah, you'll notice there that Bessent was just trying to defend the President, but he didn't actually mention what the President did. The President threatened the Fed chair, Jay Powell, with jail. He threatened Jay Powell with jail for doing what Congress told Jay Powell to do."
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Come join us this spring 🌸🌸🌸 in DC on April 17th for the Society of Government Economists Annual Conference. All are welcome.
Submissions are OPEN for the 2026 SGE Annual Conference and are due by Friday, February 13th.
Submit abstracts for individual paper and poster presentations as well as proposals for panels and organized sessions of four papers.
For more information: www.sge-econ.org/sge-2026-ann...
Submit abstracts for individual paper and poster presentations as well as proposals for panels and organized sessions of four papers.
For more information: www.sge-econ.org/sge-2026-ann...
Call for Papers: Society of Government Economists 2026 Annual Conference – The Society of Government Economists
www.sge-econ.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Come join us this spring 🌸🌸🌸 in DC on April 17th for the Society of Government Economists Annual Conference. All are welcome.
What Taylor Swift Teaches Leaders About Reinventing Their Careers #swiftynomics
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
What Taylor Swift Teaches Leaders About Reinventing Their Careers #swiftynomics
So refreshing to see the ethical ones pushing back…
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
So refreshing to see the ethical ones pushing back…
#swiftynomics out in the wild! Front & center on the shelf @politicsprose.bsky.social in DC! 🙌🙌🙌
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM
#swiftynomics out in the wild! Front & center on the shelf @politicsprose.bsky.social in DC! 🙌🙌🙌
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Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.