How the Jones Act lets unions and a few companies hold the economy hostage
How the Jones Act lets unions and a few companies hold the economy hostage
The Sinking Ship of Cabotage Summary: The Jones Act is a 1920 law that protects the U.S. maritime industry from competition. It also raises costs for many other industries, keeps foreign ships from helping when disasters like the BP oil spill strike, and seems to be slowly killing the very industry it’s supposed to protect....