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Jones Act Debate | Center for Maritime Strategy & Heritage Foundation | Containerships & Dirigibles
Sal Mercogliano of What's Going on With Shipping? discusses a debate between the Center for Maritime Strategy and the Heritage Foundation over whether the Jones Act helps or harms American shipping and national security.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends the channel for clear coverage of the history, cabotage rules and debate around the Jones Act.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- What's Going on With Shipping?
- Topic
- jones act
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2024–2026
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Nice discussion on the history and future of the Jones Act. Dr. Salvatore R. Mercogliano on the Jones Act Debate | Center for Maritime Strategy & Heritage Foundation | Container ships & Dirigibles [VIDEO]
jakeogh on Hacker News · 2024-01
In Jones Act Contributions to Offshore Wind Difficulties> This will never succeed because the economies of scale are nonexistent without dominance in the commercial shipbuilding market. War planners should have pushed to repeal the Jones Act decades ago The US used to subsidize the salaries of US merchant marines on ships (US …
throw0101c on Hacker News · 2025-02
In The U.S. needs a shipbuilding revolution
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