The Jones Act: A Burden America Can No Longer Bear
June 28, 2018
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The Jones Act: A Burden America Can No Longer Bear
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The Jones Act was passed in response to worries about U.S. reliance on foreign shipping during World War I. Why is it still on the books, raising prices and damaging U.S. economic performance? Dan Ikenson discusses <a href="https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/jones-act-burden-america-can-no-longer-bear">his new Cato paper</a> on the subject.<hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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