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One Potential Problem With The Fed’S Vote To Raise Interest Rates: The Fed Might Not Know How The Economy Works, Louis D. Johnston Dec 2017

One Potential Problem With The Fed’S Vote To Raise Interest Rates: The Fed Might Not Know How The Economy Works, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Why ‘Simple Economics’ Is Often Wrong, And Other Book Recommendations For The Econ Lover In Your Life, Louis D. Johnston Nov 2017

Why ‘Simple Economics’ Is Often Wrong, And Other Book Recommendations For The Econ Lover In Your Life, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


In Latest Jobs Numbers, A Vindication For Minnesota’S Policy Choices, Louis D. Johnston Jun 2017

In Latest Jobs Numbers, A Vindication For Minnesota’S Policy Choices, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


What Americans Should Demand From Trump And Clinton On Economic Policy, Louis D. Johnston Aug 2016

What Americans Should Demand From Trump And Clinton On Economic Policy, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


No, Broadband And Garbage Collection Aren’T Public Goods. Here’S Why They Might Require Regulation Anyway, Louis D. Johnston Aug 2016

No, Broadband And Garbage Collection Aren’T Public Goods. Here’S Why They Might Require Regulation Anyway, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


What Is ‘Brexit’ And Why Should Minnesotans Care?, Louis D. Johnston Jun 2016

What Is ‘Brexit’ And Why Should Minnesotans Care?, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


An Economist’S Argument Against Calling A Special Session, Louis D. Johnston Jun 2016

An Economist’S Argument Against Calling A Special Session, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Why You Shouldn’T Feel Too Grateful To Delta For Hiring People To Help With The Tsa Security-Line Crunch, Louis D. Johnston May 2016

Why You Shouldn’T Feel Too Grateful To Delta For Hiring People To Help With The Tsa Security-Line Crunch, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


More Educated And More Equal? A Comparative Analysis Of Female Education And Employment In Japan, China And India, Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee Nov 2015

More Educated And More Equal? A Comparative Analysis Of Female Education And Employment In Japan, China And India, Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper attempts to explore the connections between expanding female education and the participation of women in paid employment in Japan, China and India, three of Asia's largest economies. Analysis based on existing data and literature shows that despite the large expansion in educational access in these countries in the last half century, women have lacked egalitarian labour market opportunities. A combination of social discouragement and individual choice largely explains the withdrawal, non-participation or intermittent female presence in the labour force, notwithstanding increased educational access. In taking stock of these issues and debates across these countries, it is argued that …


What’S The Value Of Teaching The Liberal Arts? Ask Adam Smith, Louis D. Johnston Jun 2015

What’S The Value Of Teaching The Liberal Arts? Ask Adam Smith, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Kocherlakota Takes On The Hottest Controversy In Monetary Policy, Louis D. Johnston Jan 2015

Kocherlakota Takes On The Hottest Controversy In Monetary Policy, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Kocherlakota To Step Down: Three Ways He Changed The Minneapolis Fed, Louis D. Johnston Dec 2014

Kocherlakota To Step Down: Three Ways He Changed The Minneapolis Fed, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Forget ‘Freakonomics.’ Three (Plus) Books For The Econ Buff On Your List, Louis D. Johnston Dec 2014

Forget ‘Freakonomics.’ Three (Plus) Books For The Econ Buff On Your List, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Stagnation Or Exponential Growth — Considering Two Economic Futures, Louis D. Johnston Nov 2014

Stagnation Or Exponential Growth — Considering Two Economic Futures, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Is There Hope For Cutting Through Gridlock? John Brandl Shows Us A Way, Louis D. Johnston Nov 2014

Is There Hope For Cutting Through Gridlock? John Brandl Shows Us A Way, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Four More Charts Pointing To Some Deep Problems With The Labor Market For People Without A College Degree, Louis D. Johnston Oct 2014

Four More Charts Pointing To Some Deep Problems With The Labor Market For People Without A College Degree, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Four Charts Showing That The Labor Market Is Utterly Broken For Men Without A College Degree, Louis D. Johnston Oct 2014

Four Charts Showing That The Labor Market Is Utterly Broken For Men Without A College Degree, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Why The Great Recession Was Even Worse Than You Thought, Louis D. Johnston Sep 2014

Why The Great Recession Was Even Worse Than You Thought, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Yet More Evidence That Trying To Prop Up Industries Won't Work, Louis D. Johnston Sep 2014

Yet More Evidence That Trying To Prop Up Industries Won't Work, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Steel Dumping Decision Might Be Good Politics In Minnesota, But It's Bad Economics, Louis D. Johnston Aug 2014

Steel Dumping Decision Might Be Good Politics In Minnesota, But It's Bad Economics, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Government Releasing 'Prototype Statistics Of Gdp By State' Is Thrilling News. Really., Louis D. Johnston Aug 2014

The Government Releasing 'Prototype Statistics Of Gdp By State' Is Thrilling News. Really., Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


100 Years After It Opened, Why The Panama Canal Still Matters, Louis D. Johnston Aug 2014

100 Years After It Opened, Why The Panama Canal Still Matters, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Are Mega Events In The Twin Cities Worth It?, Louis D. Johnston Jul 2014

Are Mega Events In The Twin Cities Worth It?, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


What To Do About Steel Dumping? There Are Better Responses Than Imposing Tariffs, Louis D. Johnston Jul 2014

What To Do About Steel Dumping? There Are Better Responses Than Imposing Tariffs, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Hobby Lobby Ruling: The Crux Of The Problem Is Employer-Provided Health Insurance, Louis D. Johnston Jul 2014

Hobby Lobby Ruling: The Crux Of The Problem Is Employer-Provided Health Insurance, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Indexing The Minimum Wage Is A Good Idea — By Any Measure, Louis D. Johnston Mar 2014

Indexing The Minimum Wage Is A Good Idea — By Any Measure, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Goodbye, Ben Bernanke: We Can’T Wait To Hear Your Story, Louis D. Johnston Feb 2014

Goodbye, Ben Bernanke: We Can’T Wait To Hear Your Story, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


How To Replenish Both Social Capital And Good Will Toward Mn Orchestra, Target, Louis D. Johnston Jan 2014

How To Replenish Both Social Capital And Good Will Toward Mn Orchestra, Target, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Minneapolis Fed Should Expand — Not Limit — Ties With University Of Minnesota, Louis D. Johnston Nov 2013

Minneapolis Fed Should Expand — Not Limit — Ties With University Of Minnesota, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Latest Nobel Prize Reflects How Economics Works — And What Economists Don’T Know, Louis D. Johnston Oct 2013

Latest Nobel Prize Reflects How Economics Works — And What Economists Don’T Know, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.