Podcast episode for Keeping Up Against the Joneses: Balsa’s 2025 Fundraiser.
* 00:00 - Introduction
* 01:43 - What Balsa Got Up to in 2025
* 06:19 - A quick glance at our budget
* 07:02 - Balsa in 2026, and Our Ask
* 08:21 - Complete the Jones Act policy binder
* 08:56 - Receive and publicize findings from the two funded economic studies
* 09:17 - Fund at least one high-quality study from the labor RFA
* 09:53 - Continue monitoring Section 301 and SHIPS Act developments, contributing input where it seems high-leverage
* 10:44 - What Additional Funding Enables
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