Louis Johnston
@ldjeconomics.bsky.social
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/
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If you're interested in previous White House renovations, this is the best book I know of on the topic:
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October 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you're interested in previous White House renovations, this is the best book I know of on the topic:
a.co/d/c5FOiNJ
a.co/d/c5FOiNJ
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.
October 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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.
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:
October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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:
Join us tomorrow night!
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Join us tomorrow night!
August 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great review of an important book. This book uncovers yet another example of Akerlof and Romer's theory of looting:
August 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Great review of an important book. This book uncovers yet another example of Akerlof and Romer's theory of looting:
From the new paper by Gary Richardson and David W. Wilcox, “How Congress Designed the Federal Reserve to Be Independent of Presidential Control.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
From the new paper by Gary Richardson and David W. Wilcox, “How Congress Designed the Federal Reserve to Be Independent of Presidential Control.
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Some state fair humor from @paulnoth.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulnoth...
August 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Some state fair humor from @paulnoth.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulnoth...
Year 36 begins...
August 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Year 36 begins...
Here's the chart to which I referred at the beginning of the segment
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August 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Here's the chart to which I referred at the beginning of the segment
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump/Nixon parallels…
August 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trump/Nixon parallels…
Former North Dakota governor - he knows better.
July 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Former North Dakota governor - he knows better.
July 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Eighty years ago today, Congress approved US membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (aka the World Bank).
July 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Eighty years ago today, Congress approved US membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (aka the World Bank).
More good stuff from @delong.social I think China, through the Belt and Road Initiative and other programs, is seizing the initiative, but doing it quietly.
open.substack.com/pub/braddelo...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
More good stuff from @delong.social I think China, through the Belt and Road Initiative and other programs, is seizing the initiative, but doing it quietly.
open.substack.com/pub/braddelo...
open.substack.com/pub/braddelo...
Amen. @delong.social describes current US trade policy precisely and succinctly:
July 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amen. @delong.social describes current US trade policy precisely and succinctly:
"Trump’s Fed Visit Raises Pressure on Powell and Creates Diversion From Epstein." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
July 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Trump’s Fed Visit Raises Pressure on Powell and Creates Diversion From Epstein." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
On July 14, 1948, Hubert Humphrey delivered his "bright sunshine of human rights" speech to the Democratic National Convention. His words ring as true today as they did then.
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hub...
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hub...
July 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
On July 14, 1948, Hubert Humphrey delivered his "bright sunshine of human rights" speech to the Democratic National Convention. His words ring as true today as they did then.
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hub...
www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hub...