Articles by Stephen Moore

EconomyCommentary

What Really Ended the Great Depression

Stephen Moore | October 18, 2014

“What is history but a fable agreed upon?” as Napoleon once put it, and never has that been more true than the story of the… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Why Have So Many Americans Dropped Out of the Workforce in the Obama Years?

Stephen Moore | October 12, 2014

President Obama declared during a recent speech at Northwestern University that he has turned the economy around and that while he might not be on… Read More

EnergyCommentary

The Nobel Peace Prize Should Go to the Man Who Helped Make Fracking Big Business

Stephen Moore | October 11, 2014

The Nobel Peace Prize winner was recently announced, setting off all the hype that goes with it. The idea of the near-century-old award is to… Read More

EnergyCommentary

Enviromentalists Should Love, Love, Love Fracking

Stephen Moore | October 04, 2014

President Barack Obama raised a lot of eyebrows when he declared in his United Nations climate change speech: “Over the past eight years, the United… Read More

EconomyCommentary

The Real Story About What Ended the Great Depression (Hint: It Wasn’t the New Deal)

Stephen Moore | September 28, 2014

My seventh-grade son recently wrote a U.S. History paper extolling the virtues of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. “It ended the Great Depression,” he wrote… Read More

EnergyCommentary

What the Left’s Scare Tactics on Keystone Pipeline Get Wrong

Stephen Moore | September 27, 2014

Earlier this year the Obama administration again delayed a decision about the Keystone XL pipeline. The 1,200 mile, $5.2 billion pipeline could increase North American… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Sorry, Unions: Franchises Are Real Small Businesses, Too

Stephen Moore | September 21, 2014

If the Obama Administration has its way, Ronald McDonald may soon have to wipe that grin off his face as he stands beneath the Golden… Read More

EconomyCommentary

How Obamanomics Harms Obama Voters the Most

Stephen Moore | September 20, 2014

Politics is often filled with paradoxes, and here is one that nearly defies explanation. The demographic groups that voted most heavily for Barack Obama in… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Japan’s Lousy Economy Is a Warning for U.S.

Stephen Moore | September 14, 2014

Japan is flush with national pride this week, thanks to Kei Nishikori, the tennis phenom who knocked off seemingly indestructible Novak Djokovic to reach the… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Why It Makes Sense for Burger King to Become a Canadian Company

Stephen Moore | August 25, 2014

How many iconic American companies have to leave or threaten to leave these shores for foreign lands before Washington acts to fix our anti-growth tax… Read More

EconomyCommentary

There Is No California Comeback

Stephen Moore | August 24, 2014

News media from coast to coast are celebrating a “California comeback” after a near-decade-long Golden State economic collapse. But even this latest recovery may be… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Why Is It So Hard for Employers to Fill These Jobs?

Stephen Moore | August 23, 2014

America has a deficit of workers. Willing workers. Capable workers. Skilled, or at least semi-skilled workers, who can do a job and do it well…. Read More

EconomyCommentary

You Work This Many Hours a Week to Pay Your Federal Taxes

Stephen Moore | August 17, 2014

We talk about taxes as a “burden” because they reduce the take-home pay of American workers, the profits of American businesses, and the purchasing power… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Yes, Low-Tax States Are Out-Competing High Tax States

Stephen Moore | August 13, 2014

First, an apology. In a July 2 article in this newspaper [Investors Business Daily] I erred in citing Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers comparing the… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Seeking Lower Taxes, Companies Flee the U.S.

Stephen Moore | August 10, 2014

The last several months have seen a wave of American companies merging with foreign companies, a process known as “inverting.” In effect, inversion is the… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Americans Should be Spooked by Argentina’s Fiscal Woes

Stephen Moore | August 09, 2014

Thursday’s headline in the Los Angeles Times — “Argentina Defaults on International Debt” — spooked me, as it did investors. The stock market tanked on… Read More

EnergyCommentary

What Would America Be Like If the Radical Green Movement Won?

Stephen Moore | July 26, 2014

Could the radical-Green movement in America make mankind’s future resemble a science-fiction Earth ruled by apes? Recently I went to the see the blockbuster movie… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How Do We Save Baseball From Extinction?

Stephen Moore | July 20, 2014

Let me begin by saying I love baseball. I grew up playing whiffle ball nearly every summer afternoon in a vacant lot in suburban Chicago,… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Memo to Congress: True Patriotism Is Axing Taxes to Keep Companies in U.S.

Stephen Moore | July 17, 2014

The Obama administration announced new rules this week that will effectively punish American companies who move facilities and jobs overseas to save on taxes. Labor… Read More

EconomyCommentary

States That Adopt This Policy Have Much Better Economies

Stephen Moore | July 12, 2014

Right-to-work is back in the spotlight, thanks to the recent Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn. The court ruled that Illinois home care workers… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Union Uses ‘Strong Armed Tactic’ to Bully Its Way into Tennessee Auto Plant

Stephen Moore | July 11, 2014

The United Auto Workers is threatening this week to form a “voluntary” union at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. But earlier this year the workers… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Steve Moore Demolishes Obama’s Argument for More Border Security Funding

Stephen Moore | July 10, 2014

“When you look at the actual funding for border security over the last 10 years, it has more than doubled. And over the last 15 … Read More

EconomyCommentary

Teens Need Summer Jobs. Too Bad There Aren’t Many.

Stephen Moore | July 06, 2014

School’s out, and I’m terrified my two teenage boys won’t get a job this summer and will sit around watching TV, playing computer games or… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Memo to Krugman: Unchecked Liberalism Creates Economic Mayhem

Stephen Moore | July 04, 2014

Paul Krugman of the New York Times took a shot at economist Arthur Laffer and others who advise governors around the country to cut taxes… Read More

EnergyCommentary

Environmentalists Call U.S. Workers ‘Collateral Damage’

Stephen Moore | June 29, 2014

One of the leading leftwing environmentalists last week described the hundreds of thousands of Americans who may lose their jobs due to the Obama administration’s… Read More

EconomyCommentary

This Guy Lived the American Dream

Stephen Moore | June 28, 2014

America lost one of its great entrepreneurs of the last 50 years, and the conservative movement lost one of its most generous benefactors, when Richard… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

Stephen Moore | June 28, 2014

The commerce department reported Wednesday that the economy contracted by nearly 3 percent from January through March. This dismal shrinkage in output has many Americans… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Why Americans (Rightly) Hate Soccer

Stephen Moore | June 26, 2014

The World Cup is underway, and other than the Olympics, it will surely be the most closely followed sporting event with estimates of more than… Read More

EconomyCommentary

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