The Case against the Jones Act - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Colin Grabow (Editor), Inu Manak (Editor)Publish date:2020-06-11Pages:250
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cato InstituteISBN-13:9781948647984ISBN-10:1948647982UPC:9781948647984Book Category:Political Science, Transportation, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Ships & Shipbuilding, InfrastructureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCY2343XHN
The Case against the Jones Act
How has an archaic, burdensome law been able to persist for a century?
Passed in 1920, the Jones Act restricts the waterborne transport of cargo within the United States to vessels that are U.S.-flagged, U.S.-crewed, U.S.-owned, and U.S.-built. Meant to bolster the U.S. maritime sector, this protectionist law has instead contributed to its decline. As a result, today's U.S. oceangoing domestic...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cato InstituteISBN-13:9781948647984ISBN-10:1948647982UPC:9781948647984Book Category:Political Science, Transportation, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Ships & Shipbuilding, InfrastructureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCY2343XHN
Grabow, Colin: - Colin Grabow is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, where his research focuses on domestic forms of trade protectionism.Manak, Inu: - Inu Manak is a research fellow at the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. She is an expert in international political economy with a specialization in...
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