Liberty
Jones Act waivers make sense … until the law is repealed
Benjamin Zycher explains at The Hill why one federal law is a great candidate for repeal. Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 — the Jones Act — requires…
Merchant Marine Act of 1920
legislation
Liberty
Assessing the impact of the Jones Act waiver
Vincent Smith and Shantanu Kamat explore the impact of a significant federal regulatory waiver. The Jones Act, which restricts cargo shipments between US ports to US-flagged and owned vessels, has…
Liberty
Labeling the Jones Act a ‘failure’
Editors at National Review Online challenge an ineffective federal law. When a law is routinely waived, it’s a pretty good sign that it doesn’t make sense in the first place.…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Two alternatives to tariffs: Real manufacturing policy for a competitive America
If a major goal of Pres. Donald Trump’s “America First” policy agenda is to revive American manufacturing, the strategy must be clear: reduce input costs. Unfortunately, federal policymakers, including the…
Liberty
Trying to Talk Trump Out of Tariffs
Phil Gramm and Larry Summers offer the president a bipartisan argument against new tariffs. In an extraordinary act of unity, 1,028 American professional economists in the spring of 1930 signed a…
Energy
No More Gimmicks: Biden Needs to Unshackle American Oil and Gas
Gasoline prices are up a whopping 44.0 percent year-over-year. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise to Americans suffering at the pump.
Carolina Rebound
Budget, Taxation, and the Economy Introduction North Carolina’s strong fiscal position at the start of the COVID-19 crisis was a combination of planning and providence. Since 2011, the Republican-led General…
Regulation
Leef urges end of Merchant Marine Act
George Leef’s latest Forbes column calls for the long-overdue expiration of an outdated federal law. Some old laws still serve a good purpose, but many others no longer do, or…
Liberty
Hmmmm…Clean up the oil or cross Big Labor?
In his column today, Deroy Murdock writes about Obama’s refusal to waive the anti-competitive, pro-union Jones Act so as to allow foreign ships to help contain and remove oil from…
Liberty
Tough questions for McCain
Reason senior editor Radley Balko suggests some tough questions for John McCain here. The question I’d like to ask any candidate for anything: Would you list for me five laws…