The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers. — Stephen Moore Consumers Copy Share Image
If you can, put aside for a moment your opinion of Donald Trump's words and actions and let's be perfectly honest: One… — Stephen Moore Economics Copy Share Image
In a world without an Ex-Im Bank, which finances just 2 percent of U.S. exports, private firms would provide the insurance and… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
There's a very practical reason why Pete Sampras, for example, makes a lot more money than Martina Hingis does. He's much, much… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The 'progressive' tax-and-spend agenda has been put on trial. The policies not only lead to much slower growth but also benefit the… — Stephen Moore Growth Copy Share Image
“My favourite book is my dictionary. It excites me. Each time I open it, the endless possibilities come tumbling out. It’s Alice… — Stephen Moore Art Copy Share Image
If only the majority of the wealthiest top 10 percent of Americans own stock directly - which does not include pension and… — Stephen Moore Inequality Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels powered the U.S. into the industrial age and replaced windmills and wood burning, which were inefficient, as the primary sources… — Stephen Moore Age Copy Share Image
Under the Trump tax plan, we are no longer going to subsidize big government in blue states. Now those who choose to… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Especially for the young and the lowest-skilled, minimum wage becomes a toll that prevents many from entering the work force and gaining… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Stacks of job-killing Executive Orders and regulations from the Obama era need to be repealed or rolled back. At the top of… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
In almost every case, whenever a tariff or quota is imposed on imports, that tax is strongly supported by the domestic industry… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
One of Trump's reforms is to limit the time that workers can use on the job at taxpayer expense working on union… — Stephen Moore Money Copy Share Image
Question: Why does anyone bother to listen to economists anymore? The profession has become an embarrassment, and the most respected economists have… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The truth is Mr. Trump could simply sit in the Oval Office for four years like a potted plant, and that would… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Using cheap and efficient energy makes every other American industry more productive, and thus makes American employers far more competitive in global… — Stephen Moore America Copy Share Image
Getting rid of the deductibility of state and local taxes will force the highest corporate tax states to lower their rates, or… — Stephen Moore Corporations Copy Share Image
The elimination of deductibility of state and local taxes will also encourage more privatization of municipal services. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The Obama administration and its allies, such as the Sierra Club, tried to kill coal because of their obsession with global warming. — Stephen Moore Allies Copy Share Image
The great American work ethic has not been lost, but it has been eroded by years of dumb government policies that Mr.… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Federal employees are not rewarded for performance or excellence or results but, rather, for showing up, and often times, they don't even… — Stephen Moore Employees Copy Share Image
The first iron rule of American politics is Follow the Money. This explains, oh, about 80 percent of what goes on in Washington. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
No one has ever taken a serious stab at reducing fraud and cheating in Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, earned income tax… — Stephen Moore Cheating Copy Share Image
Blue staters tend to send liberal politicians to office, who then vote for bigger federal spending - even though a greater share… — Stephen Moore Blue Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems President Obama lives in a parallel universe where facts are floating around to be plucked out of suspended animation.… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The Fed's job is not to stall growth or to prevent economic 'overheating.' It is to keep prices stable and the dollar… — Stephen Moore Customer Copy Share Image
The job market improved impressively under Barack Obama's presidency after the Great Recession, when millions of jobs vanished seemingly overnight. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Many countries, even socialist Sweden and former communist Russia, have done away with their death taxes. They found the confiscation of wealth… — Stephen Moore Death Copy Share Image
Tariffs have almost never saved a domestic industry from decline and, often times, by sheltering domestic producers from competition, only reward and… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
No one understands the dysfunctions and debilitating impact of America's political system in the swamp better than Mark Melcher and Steve Soukup. — Stephen Moore America Copy Share Image
The women tennis pros don't really want equal pay for equal work. They want equal pay for inferior work. — Stephen Moore Equal pay Copy Share Image
Government must become lean and efficient and customer friendly. It must begin to pay its bills. Liberals believe this is radical and… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Whenever there is an international crisis - an earthquake, a flood, a war - Americans provide more assistance than the people of… — Stephen Moore Americans Copy Share Image
The modern Left is not driven by fairness. It is guided by an ideology of greed and envy. Those are vices, not… — Stephen Moore Character Copy Share Image
The single best time to invest is at a young age because the dollar in the market today will likely be worth… — Stephen Moore Age Copy Share Image
If the Fed is omniscient, why didn't they pull back on the excess money supply that inflated the massive housing bubble that… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
If the goal of the Trump tax cut is to make America look more like tax-cutting North Carolina and less like soak-the-rich… — Stephen Moore America Copy Share Image
Too often, we say that the Left is wrong but well-intentioned. Some are. But most simply want government to control other people's… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
If I've learned anything as an economic analyst, it is that the stock market and economic winds can shift by the hour. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
