Munir Moon is a former financial industry executive, a successful small business owner and an author of three books. Moon spent eight years in the financial industry, starting at Chase Econometrics and ending at a savings and loan association during the 1980s. Moon is the CEO of Interstate Group, Inc., a Southern California-based company that has been recognized three times as one of the top 500 fastest-growing small businesses by Inc. 500. He earned his B.S. in engineering, M.S. in economics and M.B.A. in finance from UCLA.
He was a firsthand observer of the financial crisis in the 1980s, which resulted in the demise of the savings and loan industry, to be repeated in 2008 in a different form. Having a son born with cancer who survived numerous surgeries, he has experienced the best and worst of American healthcare system. As a businessman, he appreciates the impact of over-regulations, taxes, and globalization.
The first book, The Beltway Beast: Stealing from Future Generations and Destroying the Middle Class, is about how the two tribes of Washington, Democrats and Republicans, are stealing from our children and destroying the middle class. This book argues that both parties govern in unison by adding trillions of dollars of debt on future generations without any plans to pay for them. They are taxing working income at a higher rate than non-working income, one of the main factors that is contributing to inequality. Both parties have monopolized the elections. Americans do not have a choice to elect the best leaders in the country except the ones offered by both parties. Even though the book was written in 2014, it is more relevant now and will continue to be until there is a check on two major political party monopoly.
His most recent book, Confessions of an Old Man: How Millennials are Being Robbed, is a call to action for the MI generation (defined as those born after 1980)—a generation with the most to lose if the United States continues with its current domestic and foreign policies. Baby boomers have much to answer for: a legacy of economic instability, poor job growth, and an environmental disregard. This book is a statement of collective guilt that places the responsibility on the author’s generation for dealing a bad card to its children.
The Middle Class Comeback: Women, Millennials, and Technology Leading the Way, counters the negativity of the dominant narrative surrounding the past, the present, and most importantly, the future of the American middle class. It presents a hopeful blueprint for its revival, with women, millennials, and technology being major factors, while addressing the transformation of ever-rising health-care and education costs and taxes that adversely impact the middle class.