Louis Johnston

Almanac - Delayed Jobs Report Released - Twin Cities PBS Economist Louis Johnston breaks down September’s jobs report and potential fed rate cut.

Thanks, @tptalmanac.bsky.social, for the chance to discuss the current economic situation.

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I’m leading off tonight on @tptalmanac.bsky.social - employment report, interest rates, all the good stuff

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?

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.

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

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.

Damn these people...

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Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.

The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand

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Audio is now available in the story below. Thanks, @mprnews.org for the conversation.

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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...

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...

Almanac - Economist | Shutdown Continues - Twin Cities PBS CSBSJU’s Louis Johnston on job data, tariffs, and more.

Thanks, @tptalmanac.bsky.social, for the conversation

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Why Europe Needs a Digital Euro It would safeguard monetary stability, fend off private payment monopolies, and stand as a potent symbol of European unity

And we need a digital dollar.

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Opinion | The Canadians Are Right About Reagan and Free Trade

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Want to understand Reagan's trade policies? You have to understand the three P's: principles, pragmatism, and politics....

Opinion | The Canadians Are Right About Reagan and Free Trade

It's true that Reagan negotiated limits on imported goods to protect domestic producers of cars & steel from foreign competition. But he would not have embraced Trump’s protectionist trade wars.
By @douglasirwin.bsky.social

Minnesota soybean farmers fear lasting scars from Trump’s trade war with China Farmers are already feeling financial stress, but they hope a deal might alter what they fear is a shift that will result in permanent lower demand for U.S. soybeans.

Good stuff from @startribune.com

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Why not steam locomotives to promote the coal industry?

Bottom line: Tariffs don't help steelworkers and hurt employment in industries that use steel. That's not good for mining either.

Abstract:

Local Labor Market Effects of the 2002 Bush Steel Tariffs (November 2025) - President George W. Bush imposed safeguard tariffs on steel in early 2002. Using US input-output tables and a generalized difference-in-difference methodology, we analyze the local l...

New paper with implications for Minnesota's iron mining economy:
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"The Closing of the American Economy", presentation at www.csbsju.edu/economics/mea/ annual conference
@aaronsojourner.org Abigail Wozniak, Angelina Trâm Nguyễn, @ldjeconomics.bsky.social, Kristin West #EconSky
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If you're interested in previous White House renovations, this is the best book I know of on the topic:

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Column | The cities where home prices have changed the most (and least) over the past 130 years Did your grandparents and great-grandparents really pay less for their homes than you did, even after inflation? The Department of Data might have the answer.

Economic history in action:
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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...

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...

iupress.org/978025307379...

Not naive - it's a memoir/travelogue/nonfiction book about Minnesota.

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.

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...

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.