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Louis Johnston

@ldjeconomics.bsky.social
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William E. and Virginia Clemens Professor of Economics and the Liberal Arts at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. Telling the stories of Minnesota's economy, past and present. www.csbsju.edu/economics/person/lou…

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
www.tpt.org/almanac/vide...
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Almanac - Jobs and Economic Growth | March 2026 - Twin Cities PBS
Economist Louis Johnston on the latest numbers as the war in Iran and midterms loom.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/03/2026
Happy #JobsDay! At 8:30 am ET, @usbls.bsky.social delivers one of the most-important signals about how economy is changing Forecasts’ center: +50K jobs Unemployment rate (UR) steady at 4.3%
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This might be an example of the Winner's Curse... pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Kevin Hassett is lying. The paper is a careful study of the effects of tariffs. The method is set out in an earlier paper that is freely available: pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is nonsense. The only time we grew this fast, in terms of real GDP, was 1941 through 1943. Source: www.measuringworth.com/datasets/usg...
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Measuring Worth - Gross Domestic Product
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a given time period. There are two measures of GDP:
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Dad's hometown
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Ian Gaida @trainsfan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My latest for streets! Did you know MNDOT owns half a rail line between here and Fargo? Begs the question, why not use it for passenger rail?
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Relevant for today's financial market news: www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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A 'sudden stop' in capital from abroad will hurt Minnesotans
The destructive economic policies of the Trump administration may put our financial markets and economy in doubt, a college professor writes.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Here's what's really going on, Rep. Emmer: www.sctimes.com/story/news/l...
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ICE agents flood St. Cloud strip mall, triggering tense clash
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents reportedly tried to detain one individual in St. Cloud.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
From soybeans to coffee beans!
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
If we make it harder for residents to send money abroad, what's next? Capital controls? open.substack.com/pub/louisjoh...
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A ‘sudden stop’ in capital from abroad will hurt Minnesotans
The destructive economic policies of the Trump administration may put the stability of our financial markets and economy in doubt.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Less than one mile from my house: www.sctimes.com/story/news/l...
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ICE agents flood St. Cloud strip mall, triggering tense clash
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents reportedly tried to detain one individual in St. Cloud.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Hopkins stgabrielhopkins.org/news
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St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church | News
Mass & Confessions Schedule - Location: 1310 Mainstreet, Hopkins Weekend Massessaturday, 4:30pmsunday, 8amsunday, 10:30amsunday, 1pm (Spanish) Daily
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Congress must stand up to mobster monetary policy open.substack.com/pub/louisjoh...
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Congress must stand up to mobster monetary policy
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/36107e28-efc8-4fb8-8283-1cd2f312f2ff
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Las Vegas-Based Allegiant to Acquire Sun Country Airlines
The combination creates a large leisure carrier and the loss of a Minnesota headquarters.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 11/01/2026
The companies say deal will combine route networks to offer Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to more mid-sized markets and vacation destinations.
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Minnesota’s Sun Country Airlines to be acquired by Allegiant in $1.5 billion deal
The companies say deal will combine route networks to offer Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to more mid-sized markets and vacation destinations.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 09/01/2026
At 8:30 am ET, @usbls.bsky.social delivers what’s usually one of the most-important signals abt how economy is changing Forecasts’ center: +73K jobs Unemployment rate (UR) -0.1 percentage point (pp) to 4.5%
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
FREY: “.. the administration is sending a message to the entire country: If you show up for your immigrant neighbors, or even are simply present when those neighbors are taken, your rights will not be protected by the law and your life will be at risk.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"While I cannot take the time to name all the men in the State Department who have been named as members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of 205." Joseph R. McCarthy, February 9, 1950 www.senate.gov/about/powers...
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U.S. Senate: "Communists in Government Service," McCarthy Says
1941: Communists in Government Service -- February 9, 1950
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 08/01/2026
No, Trump is not a fascist ft.trib.al/HUAQv3c
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No, Trump is not a fascist
The US leader represents a different kind of political authoritarianism
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
You can help write the next chapter. For more than 60 years, HMML has safeguarded the world’s handwritten history. Your gift today continues that story—and is matched through our $75,000 challenge. Learn more: hmml.org/give #HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
Books on a bookshelf.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Coming soon to Woodbury, MN: wapo.st/4axtwZ4
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ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Dave Herbert puts the new GDP report into context 👇Bottom line: Growth in 2025 is on pace to be lower than it was in 2024. open.substack.com/pub/davehebe...
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About that 4.3% GDP Growth Rate for Q3...
A lesson in annualized quarterly rates
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Good stuff from @visithmml.bsky.social director Fr. Columba Stewart: www.startribune.com/israel-pales...
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Opinion | The quieter toll of Gaza’s devastation: A loss of cultural memory
"When the physical record of a people’s history is obliterated, so is a crucial part of their identity," Columba Andrew Stewart writes.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
An intro to economics student who hasn't read the chapter trying to explain comparative advantage...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Good stuff from @evanramstad.bsky.social www.startribune.com/ramstad-here...
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Ramstad: Here’s how the Marvins keep the family business in remotest Minnesota
The fourth generation of descendants of George Marvin are teaching the fifth how to lead one of the nation’s biggest makers of windows and doors.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Narrator: Rep. Emmer and Rep. Stauber refused to challenge Gov. Walz for the governorship.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
A question for an intermediate macro homework assignment : analyze the points made in this article using the Solow and Romer models. Pay particular attention to the discussion of investment spending www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
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Historic Shift Underway in China’s Economy as Investment Slump Deepens
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This is nonsense.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Coming to a neighborhood near you... www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The state of higher education, University of Nebraska edition: 1. nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/05/t...
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‘This hurts’: NU regents back shuttering four academic programs at UNL • Nebraska Examiner
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to eliminate four academic programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH @mtosterholm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
If ACIP chooses to ignore evidence, when it comes to vaccines, parents and clinicians must ignore ACIP and look to those who continue to offer data-based guidance, especially our medical societies.
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH @mtosterholm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
In voting to eliminate the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ACIP ignored decades of evidence confirming its strong safety profile and effectiveness. Its decision will result in more hepatitis B infections and more people with chronic liver disease.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The economics of Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day share.google/gE9i63AkDMQk...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Thanks, @tptalmanac.bsky.social, for the chance to discuss the current economic situation. www.tpt.org/almanac/vide...
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Almanac - Delayed Jobs Report Released - Twin Cities PBS
Economist Louis Johnston breaks down September’s jobs report and potential fed rate cut.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’m leading off tonight on @tptalmanac.bsky.social - employment report, interest rates, all the good stuff
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Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Today is the 65th anniversary of the day U.S. marshals escorted four Black 1st graders into segregated New Orleans schools. One of them was Ruby Bridges. But have you heard of the McDonogh 3? Meet them via this @the74.bsky.social story I wrote a year ago.
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18 Years, $2 Billion: Inside New Orleans’s Biggest School Recovery Effort in History
Hurricane Katrina destroyed 110 New Orleans school buildings. How to upgrade them while honoring their architectural importance and historic heritage?
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
During Jim Crow, everything from restaraunts to stores to hotels to pharmacies to gas stations required making safe choices. They shaped every trip a Black person made. We document that history, and you can add your story to it here #CommunityMap: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #EconSky
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Damn these people... wapo.st/3M0gtVu
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Analysis | State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 13/11/2025
Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry. The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
Figure 9 from a paper by Troup Howard, Mengqi Wang, and Dayin Zhang showing the house price response to the Secure Communities immigration enforcement policy
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Audio is now available in the story below. Thanks, @mprnews.org for the conversation.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Well yes, I am going to be on @mprnews.org tomorrow at 9 am. Thanks for asking 😉 Layoffs surge as voters demand affordability: What’s really driving the economy? www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...
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Layoffs surge as voters demand affordability: What’s really driving the economy?
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, MPR News guest host Catharine Richert takes a closer look at what is driving job cuts, why affordability continues to strike a chord with voters and what these trends c...
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