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Louis Johnston
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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. https://www.csbsju.edu/economics/person/louis-johnston/ .. more

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Feb 17
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22h
More about the book: iupress.org/978025307379...
Greater Minnesota
A witty, wise, and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. After years of living abroad, writer and poet Patrick Hicks returns to Minne...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22h
iupress.org/978025307379...
Greater Minnesota
A witty, wise, and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. After years of living abroad, writer and poet Patrick Hicks returns to Minne...
iupress.org
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22h
Not naive - it's a memoir/travelogue/nonfiction book about Minnesota.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22h
Join us on Thursday at 7 pm at Saint John's University. Dr. Hicks will read from his chapter on Saint John's along with other selections. You can also visit the @saintjohnsbible.bsky.social gallery before and after the reading.
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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 1d
A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 1d
I'll second Menzie on this. It's pure cronyism: $20 billion line of credit for a personal political and business ally, no collateral, no conditions. This is corruption, pure and simple, and Republicans in Congress are not lifting a finger to stop it.
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 1d
If you didn't like ESF use for Mexico 1994, you should really, really, really object to ESF use for Argentina 2025 #EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 1d
If you didn't like ESF use for Mexico 1994, you should really, really, really object to ESF use for Argentina 2025 #EconSky
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Alexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 1d
"There's a reason we speak of technological progress but institutional change. There is no way that we can show [institutions] get better over time. (...) They will come down again and it seems there's some evidence to show that is what is happening today."
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Alexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 1d
"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...
LIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaks
YouTube video by Reuters
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
My favorite is A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
Very accessible. Joel writes very well.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
Thirty years ago, Joel invited me to give a talk at Northwestern. He (and Alan Taylor) were kind throughout the visit, and asked questions about my work that improved it. I’ll always be grateful to him.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
Throughout the weekend, Joel paid as much attention to grad students as famous professors. He listened to good arguments without regard to a person’s position or title.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
It was a formative experience for me as a scholar and teacher. Joel spent the entire weekend with us, listening to critiques of the draft, responding, and engaging in spirited and sometimes heated discussions.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
This book is the framework on which Joel built his book The Lever of Riches.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
My first All-University of California Economic History Group meeting was in the spring of 1986 at the Huntington Library. The entire weekend was devoted to discussing a draft of this book by Joel Mokyr:
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 5d
www.csbsju.edu/news/csb-and...
CSB and SJU mourn the loss of Warren ‘Boz’ Bostrom | CSB+SJU
The professor of accounting and finance and tireless booster of the two schools has passed away after battling illness.
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 6d
Pope Leo XIV encouraged international news agencies on Thursday to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation, as he strongly backed a free, independent and objective press
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 6d
It wasn't hidden to us 😉

College of Saint Benedict tops College Raptor's Hidden Gems list - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal bizjournals.com/twincities/n...
College Raptor unveils 2026 Hidden Gems, spotlighting 14 Minnesota institutions - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
College planning platform College Raptor has released its 2026 annual Hidden Gem lists and has honored 14 Minnesota colleges, ranking College of Saint Benedict No.1 in the region for the third year in...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 9d
Join us tomorrow night!
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 10d
Happy Sputnik Day!

www.minnpost.com/macro-micro-...
Enjoy the Internet, GPS or student loans? Then you should celebrate Sputnik Day - MinnPost
Fifty-seven years later, the moon landing is only the most conspicuous result of Sputnik’s launch.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22d
"Linking tens of thousands of ``orphan train'' riders and comparable non-relocated children to Census records through 1940, we find no systematic evidence that relocation itself improved adult economic outcomes."
www.nber.org/papers/w34282
Riding to Opportunity: Geographic and Household Effects from the Orphan Trains
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 24d
Menzie is making an important point about recession dating. Read his post, then read how the NBER dates recessions: www.nber.org/research/bus...
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Ed Belongia MD @belongia.bsky.social · 25d
"No vaccine was tested more extensively than the RNA vaccines, and no vaccine was given to more people than the mRNA vaccines, & they were found to be incredibly safe...and effective. They saved 20 million lives, & they stopped a pandemic that was shutting down the world."
-Drew Weissman
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Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 25d
Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”

In Q&A, Drew Weissman says vast literature shows Covid shots are safe, refutes claims from Retsef Levi
www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...
Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”
In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.
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Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 25d
Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”

In Q&A, Drew Weissman says vast literature shows Covid shots are safe, refutes claims from Retsef Levi
www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...
Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”
In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.
www.statnews.com
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 25d
Thanks, @tptalmanac.bsky.social, for the opportunity to talk about current economic issues (Fed, labor markets, farm economy, railroads)
www.tpt.org/almanac/vide...
Almanac - The Fed Lowers Interest Rates - Twin Cities PBS
Economics professor Louis Johnston talks interest rates, job reports and more.
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 26d
Got mine today...

Why seniors who want covid shots should consider getting one this week

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Analysis | Why seniors who want covid shots should consider getting one this week
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is weighing changes to coronavirus vaccine recommendations that could make it harder for some seniors to access them.
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Jack Speer @jackspeer1.bsky.social · Sep 15
Before you amp up the vitriol on this issue, on either side of the political spectrum , you might want to watch a true leader dealing the country’s divide more than 50 years ago. Sadly Americans ignored his message. Hopefully not again. youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0
Indianapolis, 1968: Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and a historic call for peace
YouTube video by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Sep 8
Minnesota economy news:
www.startribune.com/minnesota-st...
Minnesota Star Tribune to sell Minneapolis printing plant, lay off 125 workers
The state’s largest media company will continue printing 7 days a week, but will outsource printing to Iowa.
www.startribune.com
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig @josephzeballos.bsky.social · Sep 4
Former top Fed official Sarah Bloom Raskin to me on Miran keeping a foot in WH if he serves at the Fed:

“This dual-reporting structure is exactly the opposite of independence. I would predict that a clear-eyed Senate would view this proposed arrangement as… a show stopper” qz.com/stephen-mira...
Trump's pick for key Fed slot won't give up White House job
Stephen Miran says he’ll take only unpaid leave from the White House if confirmed to the FOMC — a plan a former official called “the opposite of independence”
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