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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
From @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 6h
The companies say deal will combine route networks to offer Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to more mid-sized markets and vacation destinations.
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 · 2d
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%

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Sanford F. Schram, Louis D Johnston

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d
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 · 3d
"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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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d
No, Trump is not a fascist ft.trib.al/HUAQv3c
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 · 4d
Source: Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social), On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century timothysnyder.org

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 4d
"It was an act of domestic terrorism," said Homeland Security Secretary Noem with regard to victim's actions.

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 4d
This is MAGA:

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 4d
This is ICE:

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 16d
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 18d
Dear god...

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 18d
Coming soon to Woodbury, MN: wapo.st/4axtwZ4
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.
wapo.st

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 18d
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...
About that 4.3% GDP Growth Rate for Q3...
A lesson in annualized quarterly rates
open.substack.com

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 18d
Good stuff from @visithmml.bsky.social director Fr. Columba Stewart:

www.startribune.com/israel-pales...
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 · 21d
An intro to economics student who hasn't read the chapter trying to explain comparative advantage...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d
HASSETT: We decided to exempt coffee from tariffs

BRENNAN: And coffee prices are up

HASSETT: There's an appetite to exempt things if they're really not meant to be made in the US because of, like, climate or things like that

Reposted by Philipp Sarasin, Louis D Johnston

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d
HASSETT: We decided to exempt coffee from tariffs

BRENNAN: And coffee prices are up

HASSETT: There's an appetite to exempt things if they're really not meant to be made in the US because of, like, climate or things like that

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 22d
Good stuff from @evanramstad.bsky.social

www.startribune.com/ramstad-here...
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.
www.startribune.com

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 13
Narrator: Rep. Emmer and Rep. Stauber refused to challenge Gov. Walz for the governorship.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 12
Trump: "What's happening in Minnesota in Somalia where billions is being stolen. Right like candy from a baby. We're not gonna let that go on. Guys like Emmer and Stauber, they're gonna stop it. And they're gonna be given the authority to stop it. This country is not gonna put up with it anymore"

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 13
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...
Historic Shift Underway in China’s Economy as Investment Slump Deepens
www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 12
Trump: "What's happening in Minnesota in Somalia where billions is being stolen. Right like candy from a baby. We're not gonna let that go on. Guys like Emmer and Stauber, they're gonna stop it. And they're gonna be given the authority to stop it. This country is not gonna put up with it anymore"

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 10
This is nonsense.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 10
Trump is just gonna try to lie his way through it: "You're getting lower prices, bigger paychecks. Inflation -- we're crushing it. And you're getting much higher wages. The only thing that's really going up big is the stock market and your 401ks."

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 10
Coming to a neighborhood near you...

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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...
www.mprnews.org

Reposted by Louis D Johnston, David Darmofal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 10
Trump is just gonna try to lie his way through it: "You're getting lower prices, bigger paychecks. Inflation -- we're crushing it. And you're getting much higher wages. The only thing that's really going up big is the stock market and your 401ks."

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 7
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
ALT: a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 7
Amen. Here's ours: www.csbsju.edu/true-north-j...
True North Journey | CSB+SJU
True North Journey. Our two colleges work passionately to create individual learning experiences that meet the goals of each student.
www.csbsju.edu

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 7
Eliminating four departments cuts $6.74 million.
The football budget is $84.1 million.
I guess that excellence, student success, research, and service = football.

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 7
According to the chancellor, eliminating four departments is “Positioning ourselves in a place of financial stability" and this "will ensure we can continue delivering excellence and student success, research and service to communities throughout our state."

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 7
2. www.si.com/college/nebr...
Inside Nebraska’s $84.1M Football Budget and the Return to National Prominence
Nebraska football has only cracked the AP Top 25 for two weeks in the past six years, but when it comes to investment, the Huskers are already playing in the sp
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Dec 7
The state of higher education, University of Nebraska edition:

1. nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/05/t...
‘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 · Dec 5
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.