Articles by Stephen Moore

Why Are So Many Young Adults Not Looking for Jobs?

Stephen Moore | June 21, 2014

Economists are scratching their heads trying to figure out a puzzle in this recovery: Why are young people not working? People retiring at age 60… Read More

EducationCommentary

Why Are College Tuition Costs Rising So Much?

Stephen Moore | June 14, 2014

Quick quiz: What two industries have seen the steepest rate of inflation in the economy over the past decade? If you said energy or housing,… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Small-Business Friendly States Experiencing Higher Growth

Stephen Moore | June 13, 2014

Eleven state governments received “D’s” or “F’s” in terms of small business friendliness, according to an annual survey of business owners conducted by Thumbtack.com. Rhode… Read More

EconomyCommentary

The Surprising States That Have Greater Income Inequality

Stephen Moore | June 08, 2014

For those in Washington obsessed with reducing income inequality, the standard prescription involves raising taxes on the well-to-do, increasing the minimum wage, and generally expanding… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Not Satire: Despite Waiting Lines, Some VA Employees Got Bonuses

Stephen Moore | June 01, 2014

The Veterans Affairs Department health care scandal has deepened, with new revelations of incompetent management and misplaced spending priorities, including millions of dollars paid out… Read More

EconomyCommentary

No, TARP Didn’t Prevent a Second Depression

Stephen Moore | June 01, 2014

In a recent debate on C-SPAN on the condition of the U.S. economy, my liberal sparring partner observed that the bank bailouts and stimulus plans… Read More

EnergyCommentary

Russia and China Just Signed an Energy Deal. Why You Should Be Scared.

Stephen Moore | May 31, 2014

Is anyone else scared to death about this week’s announcement out of Beijing that China and Russia have agreed to a 30-year natural-gas deal? The… Read More

EconomyCommentary

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Obamanomics Cost Now Tops $5,000 Per Family

Stephen Moore | May 29, 2014

This morning’s depressing revised calculation of the growth of the economy in the first quarter of 2014 (-1.0 percent) makes it official: The Obama expansion… Read More

EconomyCommentary

President Barack Obama and former Obama Administration Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/MCT/Newscom)

The Economic History Lessons We Never Learned

Stephen Moore | May 27, 2014

Are conservatives going to allow liberals to rewrite the history of the Great Recession, just as they so successfully did in writing the fictitious account of the Great… Read More

EnergyCommentary

Are Our Energy Sources Moral?

Stephen Moore | May 26, 2014

Energy is the master resource, as the late, great economist Julian Simon used to say. You can’t produce much of anything if you don’t have… Read More

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