America’s Ports Problem Is Decades in the Making | Cato Institute

America’s Ports Problem Is Decades in the Making
Systemic problems and bad policy have exacerbated pandemic‐​related shipping delays.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 • COMMENTARY
By Scott Lincicome

Dear Capitolisters,

One of the summer’s most widely covered financial phenomena is the global “shipping crisis” and its harms to the U.S. and global economies. Less‐​covered, however, (if at all) are the long‐​term, systemic problems—and bad U.S. policy—that have almost certainly made the situation far worse than it could or should have been by exacerbating delays at almost every major U.S. port. Click here to read more.

Thanks for the share, KE!