Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore joined The Wall Street Journal as a member of the editorial board and senior
economics writer on May 31, 2005. He splits his time between Washington D.C. and New York,
focusing on economic issues including budget, tax and monetary policy. Moore was previously the
founder and former president of the Club for Growth, which raises money for political candidates
who favor free-market economic policies. He left that position in 2004. Over the years, Moore has
served as a senior economist on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, as a budget expert
for the Heritage Foundation, and as a senior economics fellow at the Cato Institute, where he
published dozens of studies on federal and state tax and budget policy. He was a consultant to the
National Economic Commission in 1987 and research director for President Reagan's Commission
on Privatization.

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    Rich States, Poor States 2011

    by Bryan Leonard, Stephen Moore, Jonathan Williams | June 23, 2011

    Bloated state spending levels and trillions of dollars in unfunded government employee pension liabilities pose huge financial obstacles to economic recovery in the 50 states today. This begs the million-or trillion-dollar question: Why are some states prospering while others are still struggling?

     

     

     

     

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    Rich States, Poor States

    by Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, Jonathan Williams | April 9, 2010

    Study finding that levying tax increases is not a sustainable answer for budget problems. Especially during an economic downturn, states need to be doing everything they can to become more competitive, not less.