The following article was originally published in CATO at Liberty on August 15, 2023. The author is a trade policy analyst at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., as well as a Grassroot Scholar with the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. ____________ By Colin Grabow In the wake of the deadliest U.S.
The 1920 Jones Act is a familiar topic in Hawaii, but its precursor — the Foreign Dredge Act of 1906 — has largely escaped scrutiny. However, Montana resident Brad Tomasovic researched the maritime law for a year to become the national high school debate champion and shared what he learned with
The following article was published originally on Feb. 4 in Travel Weekly. ____________ A U.S. maritime law enacted during the days before air travel is exporting American tourism dollars to countries such as Canada, Mexico and Aruba. The 1886 Passenger Vessel Services Act does this by preventing foreign-flagged or -built
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,
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,
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
Barge on Mississippi River at Memphis The following article was published originally on July 10, 2022, in the Daily Memphian, based in Memphis, Tenn. ____________ The Fourth of July is a time of remembrance for Americans. We celebrate our country’s independence from English rule and the harmful laws and taxes
The Jones Act increases the cost of food and virtually all other products in Hawaii and needs to be fixed. That was the overriding message of a June 27 conversation on Kauai’s KCCR AM radio, sponsored by PAL Kaua‘i, a nonprofit organization dedicated to “changing the paradigm of affordable housing
The following is a news release issued June 1, 2022, by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. It originally said the Jones Act fleet was down to 93 ships, including 56 oil tankers. Those numbers have been updated to reflect the latest figures from the U.S. Maritime Administration, which are 92 and 55, respectively.
Photo courtesy of Maritime Hawai‘i “Houston, we have a problem.”* That’s because America just lost another ship from its ever-dwindling Jones Act fleet, an oil tanker named the Houston that counted the islands of Hawaii among its ports of call. After 37 years of service, including many visits to Hawaii,
The following article was originally published in CATO at Liberty on August 15, 2023. The author is a trade policy analyst at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., as well as a Grassroot Scholar with the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. ____________ By Colin Grabow In the wake of the deadliest U.S.
The 1920 Jones Act is a familiar topic in Hawaii, but its precursor — the Foreign Dredge Act of 1906 — has largely escaped scrutiny. However, Montana resident Brad Tomasovic researched the maritime law for a year to become the national high school debate champion and shared what he learned with
The following article was published originally on Feb. 4 in Travel Weekly. ____________ A U.S. maritime law enacted during the days before air travel is exporting American tourism dollars to countries such as Canada, Mexico and Aruba. The 1886 Passenger Vessel Services Act does this by preventing foreign-flagged or -built
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,
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,
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
Barge on Mississippi River at Memphis The following article was published originally on July 10, 2022, in the Daily Memphian, based in Memphis, Tenn. ____________ The Fourth of July is a time of remembrance for Americans. We celebrate our country’s independence from English rule and the harmful laws and taxes
The Jones Act increases the cost of food and virtually all other products in Hawaii and needs to be fixed. That was the overriding message of a June 27 conversation on Kauai’s KCCR AM radio, sponsored by PAL Kaua‘i, a nonprofit organization dedicated to “changing the paradigm of affordable housing
The following is a news release issued June 1, 2022, by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. It originally said the Jones Act fleet was down to 93 ships, including 56 oil tankers. Those numbers have been updated to reflect the latest figures from the U.S. Maritime Administration, which are 92 and 55, respectively.
Photo courtesy of Maritime Hawai‘i “Houston, we have a problem.”* That’s because America just lost another ship from its ever-dwindling Jones Act fleet, an oil tanker named the Houston that counted the islands of Hawaii among its ports of call. After 37 years of service, including many visits to Hawaii,
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