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America’s Ports Problem Is Decades in the Making
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America’s Ports Problem Is Decades in the Making

Systemic problems and bad policy have exacerbated pandemic-related shipping delays.

Scott Lincicome
Sep 22, 2021
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Container ships sit anchored, waiting for access to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.)

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 probl…

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