Economics is Bejeweled:
Teaching Economics with Taylor Swift Songs
Economics is Bejeweled:
Teaching Economics with Taylor Swift Songs
**As presented at the 2024 JET Symposium on Economics Teaching**
Microeconomics Topics
Microeconomics Topics
Opportunity Cost
"You're On Your Own, Kid," Midnights
Trade-offs and Decision Making
"Blank Space," 1989
Sunk Cost Fallacy
"Shake it Off," 1989
Externalities
"Bejeweled," Midnights
Macroeconomics Topics
Macroeconomics Topics
Labor force and Employment
Economic Growth
"Welcome to New York," 1989
Select student quotes about using music in the classroom
Select student quotes about using music in the classroom
“[I learned] that simple everyday activities, such as listening to songs, involve economic thoughts.”
“I would say the most interesting thing we learned is how subtly tv and movies try to teach us about economics, or even how they can be applied to economics... And it also allows for learning econ to not be so daunting to those just now learning.”