Peter Morici
Columns by Peter Morici
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
Biden must make a COVID-19 stimulus bill happen now
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," the oft-quoted opening line from "A Tale of Two Cities," is an apt description of the American economy. And we know how those times ended -- in revolution. Published December 1, 2020
Voters rejected radical Joe Biden and he now has a mandate to work with moderate Republicans
Voters have chosen the moderate Joe Biden who won the Democratic primaries, but by sending more Republicans to Congress and statehouses, they rejected the radical Joe Biden. Published November 29, 2020
Trade with China will prove a formidable test for Biden’s foreign policy
Presumed President-elect Joe Biden will be terribly constrained. The country can't afford massive new programs without big deficits or taxes a Republican Senate won't permit. Published November 24, 2020
What voters are telling Joe Biden about his Democrats’ radical agenda
In the recent elections, Americans expressed with considerable clarity they are not receptive to the radical agenda embraced by Democrats since Elizabeth Warren and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez stormed Washington. Published November 18, 2020
Expanding the pool of skilled labor is key to Joe Biden resurrecting the economy
President-elect Joe Biden ran on a platform to address climate change, remedy inequality, resurrect the economy and implement a more focused COVID-19 strategy. Published November 15, 2020
Biden remains vague on how he will address pandemics, climate change and China
President-elect Joe Biden won by renting a platform from left-wing Democrats and then going awfully vague on how he will address the nation's existential challenges -- pandemics, climate change mitigation and China. Published November 11, 2020
