Writing and Research

• I occasionally write columns for the Minneapolis StarTribune; you can read some of them here.

• I appear regularly on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday program.  You can here some of these programs by going here and searching for "Louis Johnston."

• I have written articles for the Minnesota Journal, published by the Citizens League.  You can find them here; one is in the June 2002 issue (p.1) and one is in the March 2003 issue (p. 5).

• Sam Williamson and I are working on real and nominal GDP from 1790 to the present. 
  • You can see the current version of the annual data here.
  • My paper for the Midwest Economics Association meetings is available here.
  • My presentation at the Cliometric Society/ASSA meeting and at UW La Crosse is here.

• My paper on the costs of business cycles before 1947 is here.

• My presenation at the Cal State Fullerton / McGraw-Hill Teaching Economics Conference is here.