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

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Feb 17

From @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 3d

Dad's hometown

MPR News @mprnews.org · 3d

Nearly on to the Canada border, the small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad to go to the Winter Games.

U.S. Olympic hockey history has been given an outsized boost from a tiny, proud Minnesota town

The small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad...

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 3d

U.S. Olympic hockey history has been given an outsized boost from a tiny, proud Minnesota town

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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 5d

Twin Cities to Fargo: A Maximalist Approach: https://streets.mn/2026/02/05/twin-cities-to-fargo-a-maximalist-approach/

Reflecting on a ride on the Michigan Line and underutilized train lines.

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 18d

Relevant for today's financial market news:
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

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 · 22d

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 27d

Here's what's really going on, Rep. Emmer:

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

From soybeans to coffee beans!

Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 28d

We gotta GMO coffee to grow in the midwest

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 28d

US coffee prices continue to hit new highs in inflation data released today, up 20% over the last year and 50% since pre-COVID

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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 28d

We gotta GMO coffee to grow in the midwest

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 28d

US coffee prices continue to hit new highs in inflation data released today, up 20% over the last year and 50% since pre-COVID

a graph of the change in coffee prices since Jan 2019

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

If we make it harder for residents to send money abroad, what's next? Capital controls?

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

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Becket - 1964 - Trailer 4K - Richard Burton - Peter O'Toole - John Gielgud - Restored Edition 2024

YouTube video by Shakespeare Network

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

This area is a perfect example of how immigration brings economic dynamism to an area. Now, the Trump Administration is trying to destroy it. Shame on them and kudos to my friends and neighbors who stood against ICE.

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

Every space on both corners is occupied and a new apartment building will soon go up. There is a convenience store, travel agency, mosque, pharmacy, grocery store, coffee shop, and other businesses catering to our Somali neighbors (not to mention bringing their goods and services to all of us).

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

Across the street, on the southwest corner, a brewery/pub opened, then closed, then opened, then closed over the course of a few years. The rest of that strip mall slowly died at the same time.

Now, this is one of the busiest, most vibrant economic places in St. Cloud.

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

Let me give you some background on this story...

The Star City Mall is at the corner of 3rd Street North and 33rd Avenue North, and it was slowly dying when I moved to St. Cloud in July 1997.

Hundreds clash with ICE outside Somali mall in St. Cloud

People blocked federal agents’ vehicles in the parking lot outside several Somali-owned businesses.

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

Less than one mile from my house:
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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 · 28d

St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Hopkins

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · 28d

Congress must stand up to mobster monetary policy
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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 · 28d

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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 · 29d

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 · Jan 9

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 · Jan 9

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
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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Jan 8

"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 · Jan 8

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 · Jan 7

Source: Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social), On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century timothysnyder.org

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Jan 7

"It was an act of domestic terrorism," said Homeland Security Secretary Noem with regard to victim's actions.

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Jan 7

This is MAGA:

Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Jan 7

This is ICE:

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · Dec 26

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