The Jones Act was the topic of a lively discussion earlier this month on KKCR radio’s “Kauai Soapbox,” moderated by radio host and Kauai County Council member Felicia Cowden. Cowden’s guests were Colin Grabow, Grassroot Scholar and Cato Institute trade policy analyst; Jonathan Helton, Grassroot Institute policy researcher; Mark Coleman,
Political issues can seem complicated and unapproachable for many citizens. But the driving force behind all of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii’s advocacy efforts and policy recommendations is simple: Improve life in the islands for everyone. During the Dec. 28 episode of the “Liberty Arise!” podcast hosted by Scott Adam,
Joe Kent, left, queried Colin Grabow about the Jones Act in Kahului earlier this month. Photos by Sean Mitsui. The Jones Act has been enshrined in American law for more than 100 years, with its roots based in similar codes that go back even farther. But has it finally run
Keli‘i Akina and Colin Grabow at the Institute’s Jones Act forum on Oahu, Dec. 7, 2022. Photo by Charley Myers As you might have heard, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii hosted two forums on the Jones Act this week on how we can make the Jones Act work for everyone.
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii hosted the nation’s leading critic of the Jones Act in Honolulu and Kahului this week, with the point being to explore “How Jones Act reform can work for everyone.” The events originally were intended to feature representatives of both sides of the Jones Act debate,
The 1920 Jones Act and the 1886 Passenger Vessel Services Act are antiquated laws that “impact states like Alaska, Hawaii and the territories like Puerto Rico and Guam especially harder than it impacts the rest of the nation,” according to Grassroot Institute of Hawaii policy researcher Jonathan Helton. Helton, who has
Supporters of the protectionist federal law are admitting America’s shipping industry could be better served The revelation earlier this month that an advisory panel to the U.S. Maritime Administration recommended charging Jones Act critics with treason — a felony punishable by death — sparked a wave of media attention last week that
Salacious details keep rolling in from thousands of pages of emails about the Jones Act obtained from the U.S. Maritime Administration through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Cato Institute researchers. The latest revelations concern attempts in early 2019 by then-MARAD Deputy Administrator Richard Balzano to obstruct efforts
Peter Zeihan, American geopolitical analyst and author, devotes one of his latest video posts to the 1920 shipping law known as the Jones Act, which he claims has cost Americans trillions of dollars in lost economic opportunities over the course of the last century. Zeihan’s books include “The End of
A 2020 agenda item of a panel advising the federal government recommended that critics of the law be charged with treason Yes, you read that right: Government and private maritime leaders at a private meeting in 2020 were presented with an agenda item that proposed charging prominent critics of the 1920 shipping law known as the
The Jones Act was the topic of a lively discussion earlier this month on KKCR radio’s “Kauai Soapbox,” moderated by radio host and Kauai County Council member Felicia Cowden. Cowden’s guests were Colin Grabow, Grassroot Scholar and Cato Institute trade policy analyst; Jonathan Helton, Grassroot Institute policy researcher; Mark Coleman,
Political issues can seem complicated and unapproachable for many citizens. But the driving force behind all of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii’s advocacy efforts and policy recommendations is simple: Improve life in the islands for everyone. During the Dec. 28 episode of the “Liberty Arise!” podcast hosted by Scott Adam,
Joe Kent, left, queried Colin Grabow about the Jones Act in Kahului earlier this month. Photos by Sean Mitsui. The Jones Act has been enshrined in American law for more than 100 years, with its roots based in similar codes that go back even farther. But has it finally run
Keli‘i Akina and Colin Grabow at the Institute’s Jones Act forum on Oahu, Dec. 7, 2022. Photo by Charley Myers As you might have heard, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii hosted two forums on the Jones Act this week on how we can make the Jones Act work for everyone.
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii hosted the nation’s leading critic of the Jones Act in Honolulu and Kahului this week, with the point being to explore “How Jones Act reform can work for everyone.” The events originally were intended to feature representatives of both sides of the Jones Act debate,
The 1920 Jones Act and the 1886 Passenger Vessel Services Act are antiquated laws that “impact states like Alaska, Hawaii and the territories like Puerto Rico and Guam especially harder than it impacts the rest of the nation,” according to Grassroot Institute of Hawaii policy researcher Jonathan Helton. Helton, who has
Supporters of the protectionist federal law are admitting America’s shipping industry could be better served The revelation earlier this month that an advisory panel to the U.S. Maritime Administration recommended charging Jones Act critics with treason — a felony punishable by death — sparked a wave of media attention last week that
Salacious details keep rolling in from thousands of pages of emails about the Jones Act obtained from the U.S. Maritime Administration through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Cato Institute researchers. The latest revelations concern attempts in early 2019 by then-MARAD Deputy Administrator Richard Balzano to obstruct efforts
Peter Zeihan, American geopolitical analyst and author, devotes one of his latest video posts to the 1920 shipping law known as the Jones Act, which he claims has cost Americans trillions of dollars in lost economic opportunities over the course of the last century. Zeihan’s books include “The End of
A 2020 agenda item of a panel advising the federal government recommended that critics of the law be charged with treason Yes, you read that right: Government and private maritime leaders at a private meeting in 2020 were presented with an agenda item that proposed charging prominent critics of the 1920 shipping law known as the
