Libertarian Jew

Ship happens when the government tries to protect an industry, and the maritime industry is no exception. Passed in 1920, the Jones Act is a federal statute requiring all goods transported between U.S. ports be carried on ships that are built, owned, flagged, and crewed by Americans. Instead of "protecting" consumers, the Jones Act actually makes it more difficult to get good...

Does Québec want to separate from Canada? You would think that because the Parti Québecois (PQ), Québec's separatist political party, won the provincial elections earlier this week. The PQ had been on the decline in 2012, and has not enjoyed the heyday it had in the 1970s-1990s. If anything, it was close to extinction in 2022 with winning just 3 legislative seats. But the PQ ...