Stephen Moore

The EU pledges to lower its tariffs on American soybeans, oil and gas

The media and other Trump haters can't seem to let themselves admit it, but President Trump scored a big victory for the American economy on trade last week. Mr. Trump and the European Union reached a handshake deal that is designed to lower tariffs on both sides of the Atlantic. They agreed to shoot for zero tariffs on both sides of the Atlantic. Sounds like freer and fairer trade to me.

July 29, 2018

Liberal war on work

Once upon a time, work for welfare was a pretty accepted notion. In 1996, Bill Clinton signed a strict workfare bill that was so popular, it helped him get re-elected. A Brookings Institute study by welfare scholar Ron Haskins proved those reforms moved more than half of those on welfare (mostly young single moms) into the workforce, and millions eventually gained economic self-sufficiency.

July 22, 2018

How Trump can lower drug prices

One of Donald Trump's more memorable promises on the campaign trail was to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Polls show this issue remains popular with Americans — especially lower-income families — who are worried about high drug prices.

July 15, 2018

Donald Trump’s zero-tariff solution

President Donald Trump's automobile, aluminum and steel tariff policies have now triggered retaliatory tariffs from other nations, including Canada, the EU and China.

July 8, 2018

How legal immigrants contribute to the economy

Republicans are right to call for tough measures to deter illegal immigration — which means building the wall, ending the "catch and release" policy and challenging the harboring strategy of sanctuary cities.

July 1, 2018

The state of the American worker

Last week I testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on the state of the American labor market. I summarized my message in one sentence: For American workers the job market has never — or at least, seldom — been better. If you don't have a job, go out and get one because they are out there for the taking.

June 24, 2018

It’s green power, not fossil fuels, that would collapse without subsidies

All of a sudden everyone on the left wants "free markets in energy policy." As someone who's advocated for that for, oh, about three decades (let's start by shutting down the Energy Department), this riff should be music to my ears. But is laissez faire energy policy really what liberals are seeking?

June 17, 2018

Putting America first has made the U.S. No. 1

The left is quickly running out of excuses for why President Trump's economic policies have caused a boom — rather than the bust they predicted with such great certainty.

June 10, 2018

8 reasons to still hate Obamacare

Remember Obamacare? The fight is far from over on the future of the Obama-era health insurance overhaul. Republicans are making a list-ditch effort this year to turn the program and the money over to the state. This isn't full Obamacare repeal, but would make a world of sense because states would be free to experiment and find ways to reduce costs and provide better services.

June 3, 2018

The mojo of Trumponomics

T.S. Eliot famously wrote that "April is the cruelest month," but when it comes to America's fiscal picture, nothing could be further from the truth about this April. The latest government numbers confirm that last month was a blockbuster for growth, federal revenues and deficit reduction.

May 27, 2018

Disruptions in the coal, nuclear power industries strain the economy and invite brownouts

Is anyone paying any attention to the crisis that is going on in our electric power markets?

May 13, 2018

Why Congress must keep the internet a tax and regulation-free zone

What is it about the internet that the government just can't seem to keep its greedy paws off of it?

May 6, 2018

Goodbye, OPEC

I have argued many times on these pages, and elsewhere, that the shale oil and gas revolution is the story of the decade. Since 2007 U.S. oil and gas output has risen by about 75 percent and the renaissance is still in its infancy stages.

April 29, 2018

The need for NAFTA

Finally some good news for the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). CNBC is reporting and my White House sources confirm that there may be the framework for a renewed and improved NAFTA in the weeks ahead.

April 22, 2018

Blaming Donald Trump for deficits misses their ‘inventor,’ Barack Obama

There is an old saying that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and we've learned that again with the Congressional Budget Office and its latest highly misleading fiscal forecast.

April 15, 2018

The art of the Trump trade deal

Is it possible that Donald Trump is winning on trade?

April 2, 2018

Why mergers make sense

Donald Trump is producing the kind of shoot-the-moon economic recovery that we last saw under Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. He's copied a lot of the Reagan playbook: Deregulate, cut taxes, promote American energy. He should also think about adopting another Reaganite initiative: Let American companies, grow, merge, restructure and become more profitable so they can compete on the global stage.

March 19, 2018