Stephen Moore Speaker Biography

Renowned Economist and Best-Selling Author

Stephen Moore is a distinguished visiting fellow in economics at the Heritage Foundation, the largest private research institute in Washington, D.C.

Former Senior Economic Advisor to Trump Campaign

He served as a senior economic advisor to the Donald Trump for President campaign where he helped write the Trump tax plan and worked on energy and budget issues for candidate Trump.

Media

Moore is also a senior economic analyst with CNN, where he provides daily commentary on the economy, fiscal policy and politics. From 2014- 2017 he served as a Fox News contributor.

The Wall Street Journal

From 2005 to 2014 Moore served as the senior economics writer for the Wall Street Journal editorial page and as a member of the Journal’s editorial board. He is still a regular contributor to the Journal’s editorial page.

Economist Keynote Speaker

He is a frequent lecturer to business, investment and university audiences around the world on the U.S. economic and political outlook in Washington, D.C.

Club for Growth

From 1999-2004 Moore served as founder and President of the Club for Growth, a 25,000-member organization dedicated to helping elect free market, tax cutting candidates to Congress. In his tenure as president, the Club for Growth became one of the most influential and respected political organizations in the nation. In 2003-04 the Club for Growth raised nearly $22 million for Republican congressional and Senate candidates, making the Club the biggest single money raiser for Republican candidates outside the party itself.

Awards

In 2007 he received the Ronald Reagan “Great Communicator” award from the Republican party for his advancement of economic understanding.

Joint Economic Committee

Mr. Moore has served as a Senior Economist at the Joint Economic Committee under former Chairman Dick Armey of Texas. There, he advised Mr. Armey on budget, tax, and competitiveness issues. He was also an architect of the famous Armey flat tax proposal.

Affiliations

From 1983 through 1987, Mr. Moore served as the Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Budgetary Affairs at the Heritage Foundation. Stephen Moore was a Senior Visiting Fellow in Economics at The Heritage Foundation until 2025. Mr Moore has worked for two presidential commissions. In 1988, he was a Special Consultant to the National Economic Commission. In 1987, he was Research director of President Reagan’s commission on Privatization.

Books

Mr. Moore is the author of 6 books. His latest book is The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again. His previous books include: Trumponomics: The Inside Story of the Trump Economic Boom, Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy, Who’s the Fairest of Them All? The Truth About Taxes, Income and Wealth in America, and Return to Prosperity: How America Can Regain its Economic Superpower Status. That book was a finalist for the F.A. Hayek book award for advancing economic understanding. His books also include: Its Getting Better All the Time: The 100 Greatest Trends of the Last Century, and Government: America’s Number One Growth Industry.

Education

Mr. Moore is a graduate of the University of Illinois and holds an MA in Economics from George Mason University. In 2010 he was awarded the University of Illinois alumni of the year.