
How The Government Sank Our Shipping Industry
Episode 65 August 17, 2021On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus explains to Sarah, Bob, and Ron how the hundred-year-old Jones Act makes the American shipping industry way more expensive than it needs to be. In short, an act that was supposed to protect the industry actually ended up killing it. Watch the episode to learn how.
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin and Sean W. Malone
Research by Matt Hampton & Tyler Brandt
Storyboards by Jett Atwood
Animation by Seamus Coughlin, Natasha Borrero, Caleb Black, Jaime Velasquez, Amazil
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jones-act-explained-waiving-means-puerto-rico
https://time.com/4961159/what-is-jones-act-puerto-rico/
https://www.commodityresearchgroup.com/unintended-consequences-of-the-jones-act-new-boston-post/
https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/jones-act
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/effects-of-the-jones-act/
https://www.cato.org/blog/jones-act-should-be-waived-more-substantive-changes-are-needed
https://www.cato.org/cato-online-forum/needed-cost-benefit-analysis-jones-act
https://www.cato.org/policy-report/january/february-2019/anchors-awry-jones-act-debate
https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/jones-act-burden-america-can-no-longer-bear
https://www.facebook.com/LiterallySpikeCohen/posts/328548928894129