Columns by Peter Morici
President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness has attracted criticism from the left and right, but few express the menace it poses to economic stability and constitutional order.
Published
September 13, 2022
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If President Joe Biden wants to be reelected, he had better figure out how to work with Republicans in Congress.
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September 6, 2022
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Skeptics are criticizing western sanctions on Russia and COVID inspired hardening of supply chains, as nails in the coffin of globalization, but don't count on it. The only question is who leads.
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August 30, 2022
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Democrats heading into midterms can tout President Biden's green energy and health care legislation and the CHIPS Act. But these forays into industrial policy will stoke inflation and slow capital formation and growth.
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August 23, 2022
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The Federal Reserve and the Biden administration are in a treacherous period.
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August 16, 2022
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The economy is slowing, and inflation continues to impose unrelenting pain on working- and middle-class Americans.
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August 9, 2022
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Las Vegas bookmakers are offering good odds Republicans will win both the House and Senate, but after those victories, what can they do?
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August 2, 2022
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President Biden is in deep trouble within his own party. In a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, 61% of Democrats indicated they would prefer a different standard-bearer in 2024.
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July 26, 2022
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Curing inflation with a get-tough monetary policy alone is like trying to fix an antique Swiss watch with one hand.
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July 19, 2022
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The hard left has gone hysterical about recent Supreme Court rulings. Like former President Donald Trump and Stacey Abrams, it can't bear losing.
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July 12, 2022
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Accomplishing America's legitimate objectives in Ukraine will require a radical adjustment in U.S. and European policy.
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July 5, 2022
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Federal Reserve Chair Powell now recognizes accomplishing a soft landing will be difficult, but a lot will depend on Americans' tolerance for inflation above 2%.
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June 28, 2022
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American businesses are ordering, cajoling and even bribing workers to return to their offices, but fear, pleading and free food don't stack up against some cold realities.
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June 21, 2022
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President Biden's recent statement that the United States would intervene militarily if China tries to take Taiwan by force was hardly a gaff.
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June 14, 2022
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My inbox is stuffed with articles about the prospects for stagflation, but slow growth and runaway prices are descending on America right now.
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June 7, 2022
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President Biden has called the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act a "monumental step" that will create millions of jobs.
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May 31, 2022
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Americans should gird for a long, tough battle with inflation.
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May 24, 2022
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Much that has been said and screamed from congress and on the streets about Justice Alito's draft opinion striking down the constitutional right to an abortion is either false or misleading.
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May 17, 2022
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The Federal Reserve is getting serious about inflation -- but hardly serious enough.
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May 10, 2022
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine laid bare NATO's weaknesses and the failure of free trade to enable secure borders and prosperity.
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May 3, 2022
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