In the last year alone, Taylor Swift has had an astounding impact on the United States economy () through her multi-city Eras tour, the subsequent movie, and the release of two new albums. And that was all before she put Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce on the pop culture map and brought her massive influence to the NFL.
This effect has been dubbed 鈥淪wiftonomics鈥� and a high school economics teacher in Texas is incorporating it into her curriculum.
Kelsey Halfen, a teacher in Sugar Land, Texas, is a self-described 鈥楽wiftie.鈥� She pulls examples from Taylor Swift鈥檚 career to teach concepts like supply and demand and gross domestic product, or GDP. In October, she shared those lessons with other teachers through an online class on . Here, she discusses her 鈥楽wiftonomics鈥� lessons and describes the benefits to students in understanding economic concepts.
