Stephen Moore (economist)

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Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore, September 2006
Born (1960-02-16) February 16, 1960
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Occupation Economic analyst
Known for Club for Growth, Wall Street Journal, The Heritage Foundation

Stephen Moore (born February 16, 1960) is an American economic writer and policy analyst. He founded and served as president of the Club for Growth from 1999 to 2004. Moore is a former member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board. In 2014, The Heritage Foundation announced that Moore would become its chief economist. In 2015, Moore's title at Heritage changed from Chief Economist to Distinguished Visiting Fellow.[1] Moore is known for advocating free-market policies and supply-side economics.[2]

Education

Moore grew up in New Trier Township, Illinois. He attended Saints Faith Hope & Charity School in Winnetka and graduated from New Trier High School in 1978.[3] He received a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.A. from George Mason University in economics.[4]

Career

From 1983 through 1987, Moore served as the Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Budgetary Affairs at the Heritage Foundation. In 1987, Moore was research director of President Reagan's Privatization Commission.[5] Moore spent ten years as a fellow of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.[6][7] Moore was the senior economist of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee under Chairman Dick Armey of Texas, where Moore "was instrumental in creating the FairTax proposal.[6]

Moore founded the Club for Growth in 1999. Moore was ousted by the group's board in December 2004, and subsequently announced his resignation.[8] After his ouster from the Club for Growth, Moore founded the 501(c)(4) Free Enterprise Fund with other former Club for Growth members including Arthur Laffer and Mallory Factor.[8] In 2005, Moore left the Free Enterprise Fund to serve on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal.[7] Moore is a partner in the econometrics firm Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics.[9] On January 21, 2014, the Heritage Foundation announced that Moore would rejoin the think tank as chief economist.[10] Moore is a contributing editor for National Review.[9]

In a 2014 Kansas City Star opinion piece entitled "What's the matter with Paul Krugman?" Moore responded to Krugman's opinion piece entitled "Charlatans, Cranks and Kansas."[11][12] In his piece, Moore claimed that job creation had been superior in low-taxation states during the five years following the recession ending June 2009. After substantial factual errors were uncovered in Moore's opinion piece, the Kansas City Star indicated that it would no longer print Moore's work without "thorough factchecking." [13] [14][15] Jonathan Chait, in his New York magazine column, in response to Moore's February 15, 2015 Washington Times column on Obamacare, stated "Perhaps the most revealing aspect of Moore’s column is the fact that, five years after its [Obamacare's] passage, the chief economist of the most influential conservative think tank in the United States [the Heritage Foundation] lacks even a passing familiarity with its [Obamacare's] fiscal objectives."http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/02/obamacare-hater-cant-find-single-true-fact.html

Personal life

Moore has three sons.[16]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150115000000*/http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/m/stephen-moore
  2. ↑ Lawler, Joseph (2014-01-21). "Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore joins Heritage Foundation as chief economist". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Henry, Alan (August 5, 2011). "NT alum Stephen Moore lets thoughts fly at Wall Street Journal". Winnetanka Current. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Stephen Moore". Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Stephen Moore". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 Nowrasteh, Alex (2014-01-24). "Does Stephen Moore's Appointment Indicate A Thaw In Heritage's Stance On Immigration Reform?". Forbes. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 Milbank, Dana (2005-08-31). "Brothers in Arms, But Sisters at Odds". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 Kirkpatrick, David (7/8/2005). "Leadership Dispute Causes a Split in a Powerhouse of Fund-Raising for Conservative Causes". New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. 1 2 "Stephen J. Moore". Independent Institute. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Bluey, Rob. "WSJ’s Stephen Moore to Join Heritage as Chief Economist". The Foundry. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  11. ↑ Moore, Stephen (2014-07-07). "Stephen Moore: What’s the matter with Paul Krugman? Give Kansas tax breaks time to work". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Krugman, Paul (2014-06-29). "Charlatans, Cranks and Kansas". New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ↑ http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/stephen_moore_heritage_foundation_paul_krugman_kansas_city_star.php
  14. ↑ Lee, Deron (July 31, 2014). "Why one editor won’t run any more op-eds by the Heritage Foundation’s top economist". Columbia Journalism Review.
  15. ↑ Hiltzik, Michael (8/5/2014). "A newspaper fact-checks its own right-wing op-ed; hilarity ensues". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 August 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ↑ http://old.nationalreview.com/moore/moore200412280937.asp. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Other offices
Preceded by
Organization Founded		 President of the Club for Growth
1999–2004 		Succeeded by
Pat Toomey
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