Peter Morici
Columns by Peter Morici
Biden forcing hard-left economic agenda risks social chaos
The Democrats appear intent on risking social chaos to accomplish their socialist goals. Published February 16, 2021
Biden and Democrats’ unwanted immigration reforms only harvest Hispanic voters
President Biden's recent executive orders and proposed immigration reforms are his down payment on an open border. Published February 11, 2021
How Biden can fight America’s three-front war
Americans may not want a civil war, but they are standing in the middle of one. Published February 8, 2021
Biden raising the minimum wage will not lessen income inequality
President Biden wants to raise the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour, but this is hardly the best way to lessen income inequality. Published January 30, 2021
Inflation could prove Biden’s toughest economic challenge
Inflation may soon rear its ugly head, and President Joseph R. Biden and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will find it more difficult to control than their spending plans and recent ruminations indicate. Published January 25, 2021
Joe Biden must find America’s lost soul
Joe Biden's biggest problems are not China's quest for empire, an overtaxed infrastructure or the wave of Central Americans marching to our southern border. It's America's lost soul . Published January 19, 2021
Now Biden has to match Trump’s economic record
President Biden faces a tough challenge: The COVID-19 recession permanently downsized whole swaths of the economy. Published January 18, 2021
Biden’s virtual inauguration is an eerie prophecy for a fading America
There was something eerie about a virtual inauguration even before the chill of violent Capitol Hill protests. Published January 13, 2021
A three-part strategy to help Biden restore the American economy
Thin majorities in Congress offer President-elect Joe Biden the opportunity to be bold. He can challenge moderate Republicans to support programs that would boost jobs and incomes. Published January 11, 2021
Investing money in a post-pandemic Biden era
We face a tough COVID-19 winter as supply chain bottlenecks slow vaccine rollouts, urban centers remain virtual ghost towns and the disaffected and jobless express outrage with demonstrations and dumpster fires. Published January 7, 2021
Fixing Section 230: Twitter, Facebook and social media should be legally part of the public square
Too often Internet platforms violate our privacy, arrogantly regulate speech and abuse monopoly power, but it is important to recognize what are and are not problems. Published January 6, 2021
Tracking Biden and his radical left’s crisis of confidence with American capitalism
Like other newly elected executives, President-elect Joe Biden is caught between his campaign promises and what he can reasonably deliver. Often that comes down to money. Published January 3, 2021
Without new taxes, Biden’s campaign promises will cost Americans about $10 trillion over 10 years
President-elect Joe Biden has an expansive regulatory and spending agenda and a lot more room to maneuver than conservatives admit. Published December 28, 2020
Biden can bring nation together with bold Infrastructure program
President-elect Biden needs a large-scale project that will summon the political class and national imagination to rescue the country from another four years of partisan distrust. Published December 27, 2020
Biden’s kumbaya internationalism won’t defend America
The world has radically changed since the Obama-Biden team took the reins 12 years ago. Published December 22, 2020
Government’s case against Facebook is bad economic policy
The Federal Trade Commission with 47 states are suing Facebook for allegedly squelching competition by acquiring startups, and seeking divestiture of Instagram and WhatsApp. The suit is fundamentally flawed and bad economic policy. Published December 20, 2020
Biden’s economic and defense appointments wrong for dealing with China
China poses the greatest challenge to American global leadership and liberty but judging by key appointments, President-elect Biden appears clueless to Beijing's strategies. Published December 15, 2020
A Biden commission on judicial reform won’t fix what’s broken
Should the Democrats win both runoff elections in Georgia and gain control of the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden and Democratic leaders will come under considerable pressure from their more radical party members to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. Published December 13, 2020
Why forgiving student debt tax free makes sense
America has imposed a cruel hoax on its children -- the notion that college is essential for prosperous life. Published December 8, 2020
Republicans must move to the center to win the midterm elections
Democrats sought to fundamentally restructure American democracy -- pack the Senate by granting statehood to a federal district one-eighteenth the size of Rhode Island and turn the U.S. Supreme Court into a House of Lords. Published December 4, 2020
