Nicola Moore is Assistant Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Moore's research and analysis is focused primarily on the rising cost of the major entitlements - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Moore also reviews publications on a wide range of economic issues and oversees specific projects within Heritage's domestic and economic policy center. She previously was a state policy analyst at Americans for Prosperity, a Washington-based grassroots group that advocates free markets and limited government. Before that, she served as education director of Students for Saving Social Security, which mobilizes young Americans to the cause of policy reform. Moore holds bachelor's degrees in economics and philosophy from Boston University and a master's degree in philosophy of public policy from London School of Economics, all with honors. A resident of Washington, she is pursuing a master's of business administration at Georgetown University. The views she expresses on this blog are her own.