Jim Shortle
@jshortle1
Ph.D. Economics. Professor Emeritus Penn State University. Bass Player.
Solid WaPo editorial: "In the long run, tariffs don’t hurt American consumers because they cause inflation or tank the stock market; they hurt because they make it harder for people to get the things they want." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
Medicare and Medicaid Fail a Basic Scientific Test by @mfcannon wsj.com/opinion/medica… via @WSJopinion
Thanks California for this example. Too bad some people have to suffer to learn something basic economics teaches. wsj.com/opinion/califo…
Wow, libertarianism worked
Breaking 🚨 | Extreme Poverty Drops 18.2% YoY to 7.4%, Driven by Real Wage Growth Outpacing Inflation for First Time Since 2020
Planned Parenthood does not have a constitutional right to continue receiving taxpayer dollars. Judge Talwani’s latest order not only undermines the express wishes of Congress and President Trump when they defunded Planned Parenthood in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but it sets a…
Cultish and cringe-inducing. Also, insane.
They came after the wrong man.
Your "deal" leaves Americans paying a new 19% tariff on Indonesian goods, thereby making us worse off than we were before you started "deal-making."
The United States and Indonesia agreed to a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade. This deal will unlock unprecedented market access for American farmers, innovators, and producers, lower tariff and non-tariff barriers facing American exporters, and deliver lasting wins…
Don't mess with Costco, libs. I am serious.
Would Americans be better off without Costco? Zephyr Teachout says yes. I say no. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
The federal government lets them gouge American consumers, bakers, and candy manufacturers, charging us twice the world price for sugar. 🍭
What an incredible visit with US Sugar! Florida’s sugarcane farmers are producing something truly special. Proud to support their work and the sweet success of American ag. 🇺🇸
"While the world fixates on Donald Trump’s populist cocktail of reciprocal tariffs and big, beautiful deficits, @JMilei is delivering a man-made miracle that should gladden the heart of every classical economist and quicken the pulse of all political libertarians." 1/5
It's a very different game because women are on average less strong, fast, and aggressive than men, and this difference persists even among the outliers. Which game is more entertaining is a matter of taste, but they are still different.
Society still clings to outdated views that men’s sports are more exciting, aggressive, or entertaining. That’s not fact, it’s bias. It’s reinforced every time people dismiss the WNBA without watching a game.
Just absurd. A huge chunk of the workers who built the Empire State Building were Irish immigrants or the sons of immigrants, and Mohawk "skywalkers" from Quebec played a key role in erecting the building (and many other skyscrapers). They weren't "illegal," but that's because…
This guy killed, IIRC, 269 people.
“The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man.” —Che Guevara
The problem was Colbert and the atmosphere that he created, which was profoundly different to Johnny Carson's. America is a big, interesting place; the Colbert-led Late Show did not understand that. nationalreview.com/2025/07/stephe…
Took my daughter out to dinner tonight. She got a hamburger and chicken fingers off the kids menu. I got a grilled chicken salad. Including tax and tip, $63.90 How are people surviving in this economy?
When he won his Nobel prize, Al Gore said the Arctic summer may be ice-free by 2014. Later he said it was LIKELY by 2016. Those dates came and went. There's still LOTS of ice. Turns out alarmists' predictions are alarmist. But they grab headlines. We debunk here:
fascinating
Howard Lutnick's investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald is offering to buy the right to businesses tariff refunds, basically betting that the courts will overturn the tariffs.
Astounding that Republicans can still talk this way with a straight face in the age of Trump
Britt: We are $37 trillion in debt. It’s not just fiscally irresponsible, it is morally irresponsible and I'm so grateful to President Trump and his leadership for saying the buck stops with me and we’re starting to rein this in..
Trump barring the AP from the press pool for not using "Gulf of America" was nonsense, but at least there was a loose connection to govt policy. Trump barring the WSJ from the press pool because of a personal dispute is, again, tinpot dictator stuff.
Because if there's anything that Hunter Biden will not tolerate, it's becoming a "white millionaire" based on your personal connection to a president. x.com/Channel5iveNew…
Hunter Biden calls out the Pod Save America team as "four white millionaires dining out on their association with Barack Obama from 16 years ago" as he outlines his issues with the greater Democratic establishment