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The Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 85–5 on Monday; the House takes up the amended package today, and President Trump is expected to sign it within the week. The bill’s 45-plus provisions cover a wide …
The Jones Act, the American law that bans ships manufactured outside the US from traveling between US ports, has been an economic burden on the country for decades. The best study on its impact estimates the cost at 0.1 …
It’s official: the Trump administration is suspending the Jones Act , which bans non-US flagged vessels from traveling between US ports, for sixty days in an attempt to keep gas prices low amid the Strait of Hormuz crisi…
Transportation policy is the flip side of housing policy. In fact, in many urban economics models, the two are inseparable: house prices are determined by time to commute to the city centre (pay more for a shorter commut…