Tracking Biden’s semiconductor war with China
President Biden has identified semiconductors as ground zero in economic and strategic competition with China and is seeking a Western alliance to secure that industry. Published March 11, 2021
Peter Morici
Columns by Peter Morici
Biden missing his moment to boost U.S. growth
President Biden is squandering the opportunity to make the investments necessary to boost longer-term growth. Published March 8, 2021
Biden’s foreign policy invites Chinese aggression
President Biden wants the world to know America is back, prepared to lead and committed to shared goals, multilateralism and diplomacy. All this could end worse than America First. Published February 24, 2021
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
