Stephen Moore said on Tuesday the biggest challenge facing the economy is men's drop in earnings. 'The biggest problem I see in the economy over the last 25 years is what has happened to male earnings, for black males and white males as well,' Moore told CNBC's Squawk Box. 'They've been declining. That is, I think, a big problem.' President Donald Trump wants to nominate Moore to one of the two open Federal Reserve board seats. 'The problem actually has been the steady decline in male earnings, and I think we should pay attention to that, because I think that has very negative consequences for the economy and for society,' Moore said. Moore said, when facing questions over past writings he published that were perceived as sexist, that people shouldn't be as worried about women's earnings because 'they've risen.' Specifically, Moore was asked about an article he wrote for National Review Magazine where he expressed concern over a society where women earned more than men. He said in the 2014 article that women earning more than men 'could be disruptive to family stability.' Stephen Moore, who President Donald Trump is considering nominating to fill a seat at the Federal Reserve board, said the biggest economic challenge is a drop in men's earnings Moore made the comments when appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday when specifically asked about an article he wrote in the past where he expressed concern over a society where women earned more money than men Trump has not officially nominated Moore yet, but is considering putting him up for one of the two empty chairs on the Fed board Since 2010, the median weekly earnings for men has risen about 2.1 per cent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and although men's wages have not gone down – like Moore claims – they have not increased at as swift a rate as women's, whose earnings have gone up an average of 3.9 per cent during the same period. Some of the other writings Moore has been criticized for recently, which date back nearly two decades, were also published in National Review and include sexist undertones. In one article from 2002 he said female sportscaster Bonnie Bernstein should wear halter tops, and suggested the March Madness tournament get rid of women altogether. 'Here's the rule change I propose: No more women refs, no women announcers, no women beer vendors, no women anything,' he wrote in the article. 'There is, of course, an exception to this rule. Women are permitted to participate, if and only if, they look like Bonnie Bernstein. The fact that Bonnie knows nothing about basketball is entirely irrelevant.' He even took aim at his wife in another article, claiming 'women are sooo malleable!' when attacking her for voting Democrat. Another said that female athletes wanted 'equal pay for inferior work.' South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of Trump in many regards, said 'It will be a very problematic nomination,' if Trump went forward with Moore as a pick for the board Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Trump is still backing Moore as a pick for the Fed board and said she is not personally concerned with his past comments regarding women Moore defended the articles, claiming they were a 'spoof' and meant to be taken as a joke He defended the articles after a CNN investigative team unearthed them earlier this month, and claimed they were meant to be tongue-in-cheek. 'This was a spoof. I have a sense of humor,' he told CNN. Moore ahas also been criticized recently for newly unearthed comments where he says he supports getting rid of many child labor laws. 'I'm a radical on this, I'd get rid of a lot of these child labor laws. I want people starting to work at 11, 12,' Moore said during a debate on the minimum wage at the 2016 GOP convention. The New York Times this found Moore's 2016 old comments and reported on them this week. 'Young people are starting to enter the workforce at a later age,' Moore said during the debate. 'The big decline in labor force participation has been people between the ages of 16 and 30, and that's highly problematic.' 'The most damaging thing we can do right now to the U.S. economy is create further barriers to young people getting in the work force,' he added. Trump has not officially nominated Moore for a Fed board seat, and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, said, 'It will be a very problematic nomination,' according to the https://twitter.com/jenhab/status/1123293005165879296. A presidential nomination to the Federal Reserve board comes with a 14-year-term and needs to be confirmed by Congress. It is not clear if Moore would earn the votes necessary for confirmation in the Senate. Trump had officially nominated Herman Cain, a pizza executive, to take one of the open seats on the board. Cain, however, withdrew his name from consideration the say day Moore's past writings were re-upped by CNN. Ginger White, Cain's alleged mistress, threatened to reveal intimate details about Cain's anatomy in order to prove they had an affair. White is one of the women whose harassment allegations helped derail Cain's presidential campaign in 2012. Trump decided to possibly pursue nominating Moore after the economic commentator wrote a Wall Street Journal op/ed criticizing the Fed for raising its benchmark interest rate in December, according to economic advisor Larry Kudlow. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway told reporters outside the White House Tuesday that Trump is still backing Moore to fill one of the vacancies. 'I'm a strong successful woman who's worked with Stephen Moore for decades,' Conway said. 'I know how he feels about women, how he treats women in the workplace.' Moore told CNBC he hopes to be judged on plans he has for economic advances rather than past writings. 'If it comes down to things I wrote 18 years ago that were impolitic, that I've apologized for, that were, you know, insulting, then I'm in trouble,' Moore said. 'If it comes to economic ideas, then I'll be fine.' All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility