Peter Morici
Columns by Peter Morici
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
Biden’s tax plan would torpedo growth, hurt low-income Americans
Joe Biden captured the Democratic nomination with strong support from party elders earned by running as a moderate. Once nominated, he embraced more radical ideas from rivals like Bernie Sanders to unify his party. Published November 9, 2020
House Democrats go too far in wanting to persecute Big Tech
House Democrats are on the warpath -- Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google (FAAG) are the targets. Published November 4, 2020
With President Biden, Europe and America would continue to drift apart
Europe and America are like an estranged couple -- love lost and the premise for the marriage fading into memory. Europeans may cheer a Biden victory, but it won't remove irreconcilable differences and dysfunctions. Published October 28, 2020
Stick with stocks through the contested election
Investors should look beyond the turmoil of the next few months and stick with stocks. Published October 19, 2020
High unemployment and inflation will challenge Fed and the next president
Whether it's President Trump or Joe Biden, the White House -- and Federal Reserve -- face another tough year in 2021. Published October 12, 2020
Getting America back to work as COVID-19 pandemic lingers
It's high time to fully reopen the American economy, but that requires more than the Federal Reserve printing money to finance business debt and government deficits. Published October 5, 2020
Accurate vote count before Electoral College convenes is in serious jeopardy
America may well be headed for electoral chaos and not since the contested election of John Quincy Adams in 1824 could the resolution be so divisive. Published September 30, 2020
Why Trump should be reelected
The president's primary responsibilities are to protect national security and enable inclusive prosperity. Mr. Trump's record and Biden's facile vision make the incumbent the better choice. Published September 23, 2020
America’s broken unemployment insurance program
The nation's unemployment insurance system is broken. The Financial Crisis and COVID-19 made painfully clear that it poorly serves our front-line workers and inadequately boosts consumer spending during recessions. Published September 15, 2020
Massive federal deficits risk America’s financial independence and dollar’s global dominance
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently announced with much fanfare that the Federal Reserve would tolerate periods of inflation above 2% to compensate for failing to reach that target much of the last two decades. Published September 7, 2020
Social Democrat Joe Biden holds private enterprise with contempt
Joe Biden, like European Social Democrats, makes few bows to the mandates of the marketplace. Published September 1, 2020
Democrats verbally pummel Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for no good reason
The U.S. Postal Service is a vital institution but hardly healthy, and the election-year histrionics are demagoguery. Published August 27, 2020
DOJ and FTC must stop Big Tech companies from censoring speech
Our tech companies and other businesses are under intense pressure from the organized left and indirectly from investment banks and major corporations that now set themselves up as arbiters of acceptable free speech. Published August 19, 2020
Creating paths to better jobs for struggling working class critical for Trump’s reelection
President Trump can win reelection but lighting a path for the unemployed, young people and minorities to decent jobs is critical. Published August 12, 2020
