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Liz137's avatar

Zvi -- if you're not already familiar with Colin Grabow's work on the Dredge Act and the Jones Act over at Cato, beyond the "Welcome to New Critics" piece, you'd find an *extremely* dedicated ally in him, one who already knows a *lot* about why various political actors are or aren't willing to pull the levers on this issue. I briefly worked with him on the political aspect of these issues and he is always looking for more interesting, smart people with new angles on the topics. He's done a lot of thinking about alternatives, ways to signal appreciation of the existing values and priorities encoded in the laws, and ways to fix the worst aspects if straight repeal is off the table -- but he's also done a lot of work on who the critical actors are whose approval/disapproval could actually lead to things happening. (The third piece of legislation here in the unholy trifecta of Jones Act/Foreign Dredge Act, btw, is the law that prohibits cruise ships from stopping at multiple American ports in a row unless they're built in the U.S. -- which is even more ridiculous than either of the previous two since the U.S. hasn't build a cruise ship since the *1950s.*)

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Is there a clear action that an individual can take to help support efforts here? Or, if there's not yet, can I request that you keep us in-the-loop if such efforts arise in the future? I would happily volunteer my time/money if it could be well-used.

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