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Civil Beat : The Jones Act Is Sinking The Economies Of Alaska And Hawaii

January 02, 2025 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

The Jones Act is a demonstrably bad policy, strangling the economy, driving up costs for ordinary citizens and crippling local businesses in Alaska and Hawaii. Why, then, does it continue to exist? Because protecting a few powerful players from competition moves legislators more than economic freedom. And because lawsuits challenging the Act hav ...