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Federal laws we could do without
To borrow from Tolstoy’s famous quote about families, good laws are often alike, but bad laws are bad in their own way. This comes to mind because in July I attended FreedomFest 2019 in Las Vegas, where I participated in a panel discussion on the “dirty...
Stossel and Akina talk ‘dirty dozen’ at FreedomFest 2019
Popular television journalist John Stossel hosted Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli’i Akina and several other guests for a panel discussion on the “dirty dozen” of federal laws, last week at FreedomFest 2019 in Las Vegas. Joined on the panel by Sean Flynn,...
Will Hawaii be the next Puerto Rico?
A top economic researcher who recently studied the impact of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico spoke recently at two events in Hawaii sponsored by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. John Dunham, president of the economic consulting firm John Dunham & Associates, talked...
Hey, shipbuilders, Jones Act reform is your friend
A groundbreaking new study of America’s Jones Act might be of some comfort to U.S. shipbuilders and shipyard workers who have been worried by increased calls for repeal or reform of the protectionist federal shipping law. Issued in April by the highly respected...
More studies show Jones Act harmful to Puerto Rico
Two new studies have confirmed what observers of the Jones Act have known for years — that the century-old federal maritime law has long been harmful to Puerto Rico’s economy. One of the studies, conducted by John Dunham & Associates, found that the Jones Act has...