economy

Year in review: Confessions of an incurable optimist
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 28, 2021
Twelve months ago, Americans could indulge in optimism. For a bright, shining moment, 2021 promised to be a year of recovery. The first vaccines for C...
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No, inflation is not a corporate conspiracy
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 18, 2021
President Joe Biden has the misfortune to be president at the moment when corporate America has decided to get together and gouge American consumers. ...
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The changing Pa. workforce
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 07, 2021
The Pennsylvania economy needs more than a jump-start. The October unemployment report shows that the state’s economic engine just doesn’t have the ho...
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Biden can still bounce back
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Nov 09, 2021
When Joe Biden ran for president in 2020, he had all the advantages of a nonincumbent in a year when everything had gone wrong. Biden waged a careful,...
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No vaccine excuses now
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 26, 2021
In December 2020, the first shots in the war against covid-19 were fired into the arms of health care workers with the emergency-use authorization of ...
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RTS for July 9
Round the Square
Jul 09, 2021
COVID ECONOMY IMPACT: Consumer habits shifted dramatically in March 2020 in response to stay-at-home orders and the shuttering of offices across the n...
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There is no moment for Biden, just an excuse
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 05, 2021
If Joe Biden wanted to spend massively in response to a nearly unprecedented public health emergency, he was elected too late. The conventional wisdom...
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3 goals for Joe Biden
Opinion, Сolumns
GROMER JEFFERS JR., Tribune News Service 
Jan 20, 2021
When Joe Biden is inaugurated today as the 46th president of the United States, he’ll face a nation torn by deep political and social divisions, and a...
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Pa.’s senators react to Biden’s economic plan
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Jan 16, 2021
Is President-elect Joe Biden’s economic plan a necessary step to recovery, or a “colossal waste” and a bad idea? It depends on who you ask. U.S. Sen. ...
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If Facebook broke up, who’d notice?
Opinion, Сolumns
CATHY O'NEIL Tribune News Service 
Dec 19, 2020
What would happen if Facebook disappeared tomorrow? Would people suddenly be unable to communicate online? Would the economy screech to a halt? Would ...
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We don’t win with lockdowns
Opinion, Сolumns
CHARLIE GEROW, The Patriot-News 
Dec 08, 2020
HARRISBURG (TNS) — COVID- 19 is a serious disease. Every good person wants to see it defeated as quickly as possible and all wish that no other lives ...
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The job made harder
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Nov 30, 2020
When President Donald Trump was running for reelection, he often struggled to describe a detailed agenda for his second term. But now that he’s lost, ...
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Alaska mine decision the right one
Opinion, Сolumns
SCOTT MARTELLE, Tribune News Service 
Nov 28, 2020
As the Trump administration rushes to finalize all sorts of policies and regulations that are bad for the environment, it got this one right. The U.S....
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Optimism and vigilance can coexist
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 23, 2020
With pandemic numbers hitting new highs, it would be natural to be inclined toward negativity. But the news is not all bad. The U.S. economy had a sur...
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