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ocean shipping
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Powell’s Perverse Policies Persist
Today on TAP: A flawed understanding of today’s mild inflation leads the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates punishingly high.
Posted inPolitics
Key Bridge Collapse Spotlights Democrats, Sidelines Hogan
The former governor takes a lower profile, while Democrats rush to the rescue.
Posted inTAP
Bridge to the Bottom: Global Deregulation of Shipping
Today on TAP: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is directly tied to the use of globalization to undermine national standards of safety and quality.
Posted inTransportation
The Long Road Back for the Port of Baltimore
For the moment, Maryland officials are focused on crisis management.
Posted inTAP
The Ever-Present Threat of Supply Shocks
Today on TAP: The Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy in Baltimore is a reminder that sudden changes to how we move goods around the world can happen anytime.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Climate Time Bomb in the Atmosphere
Cleaning up air pollution might increase global temperature by as much as an entire degree Celsius.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Two Percent Obsession
In the face of mounting evidence that inflation is easing, the Fed clings to a perverse monetary policy. What will its meeting this week produce?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Inflation, Supply Chain Woes, and Elaine Chao’s Culpability
Democrats in general and Mayor Pete in particular should have highlighted the disastrous hands-off approach of Trump’s transportation secretary.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can Ocean Shipping Go Green?
Everyone agrees that ocean shipping must decarbonize. The question is how, and how fast.
