Steve Forbes: What's Ahead
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Steve Forbes: What's Ahead
In an uncertain and rapidly changing world, Steve Forbes sits down with today’s leading business and economic minds to give listeners a better grasp of what’s ahead, and shares his own perspectives on the day’s most pressing issues.
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Puerto Rico Was Once A Pharmaceutical Powerhouse—It Can Become One Again
Steve Forbes explains how Puerto Rico can once again become a pharmaceutical powerhouse and help achieve the much-needed goal of reshoring U.S. drug m...
Germany Is In A Mess Of Its Own Making—This Is What Friedrich Merz Must Do To Revive Its Economy
Steve Forbes explains how Germany is an economic mess of its own making due to terrible energy policies, a massive welfare system, and a collapse in i...
Why Argentina's Economic Troubles Are Bad News For Our National Security
Steve Forbes breaks down why Argentina's economic turmoil, and the shocking political crises facing its President Javier Milei, could spell serious tr...
Spotlight: California’s High-Speed Rail Project Is A Disgraceful Boondoggle That’s Even Worse Than You Think
Steve Forbes breaks down why California's endless high speed rail boondoggle is even worse than people think, and why it needs to be scrapped yesterda...
Spotlight: Here's A Truly Low-Grade Idea For America's Troubled Education System
Steve Forbes calls out the disgraceful educational practice known as "equity grading" which is contributing to the dumbing down of schools and student...
It's Not Just The BLS Stats—Another Economic Scandal Is Brewing That Trump Must Confront
Steve Forbes calls for a major overhaul in how GDP data is interpreted and released, urging the Trump Administration to make a crucial change as it re...
People Are Being Thrown In U.K. Prisons Over What They've Said Online. Can Free Speech Be Saved?
Steve Forbes calls out the ugly crackdown on speech in Great Britain, pointing out the shocking arrests and convictions of people based on what they s...
What Florida Is Doing To Vaccine Mandates Is Sick
Steve Forbes slams the new guidance in Florida that ends all vaccine requirements for schoolchildren, warning of the crippling and lethal consequences...
Spotlight: Here's The Paradox The Trump Admin. Must Face Up To In Order To Achieve Real Peace In Ukraine
teve Forbes explains that in order to win peace in Ukraine and end Russia's war of aggression, the Trump Administration must supply Ukraine with great...
Spotlight: To Handle Russia And Iran, The U.S. Must Embrace A New Guiding Principle
Steve Forbes looks to the historical example of "X"—the pseudonym of George F. Kennan, who advanced the policy of containment that helped serve as a...
Spotlight: Memo To Trump: A Weak Dollar Begets A Weak Country
Steve Forbes explains why having a strong dollar is crucial for keeping the U.S. the most powerful nation in the world, and warns that those taken in...
Spotlight: These Are The Two Big Questions That President Trump's Nominee For The Federal Reserve Must Be Asked
Steve Forbes calls for Stephen Miran, President Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve Governor, to be asked how important he thinks i it is to have a do...
Spotlight: Trump's War Against The Fed Isn't Historic—And Future Presidents Will Battle It Too Until It Reforms
Steve Forbes explains that President Trump is hardly the first Commander in Chief to battle the Federal Reserve, and until the central bank abandons i...
Spotlight: Memo To The Federal Reserve And The Treasury Department, Too—It's The Dollar, Stupid
Steve Forbes calls out Fed Chair Jerome Powell for "playing politics" on refusing to cut interest rates, which not only damages the economy but hurts...
Spotlight: The Economy And Republicans Will Suffer If We Don't Face Up To The Growing Immigration Crisis
Steve Forbes warns Republicans and policymakers in general that the failure to confront the immigration crisis through a measured approach that protec...
Spotlight: The Debate On Tariffs Ignores A Very Big Issue—The Tax Wedge
Steve Forbes warns that lost in the endless conversation about tariffs is the issue of the tax wedge, a calculation that shows the real distance betwe...
Spotlight: This Is The Secret Weapon Trump Can Use To Take On The Fed
Steve Forbes explains that President Trump can take on the Federal Reserve in its intransigent refusal to cut rates: have the Treasury issue bonds in...
Spotlight: President Trump Can Bring The Ukraine War To A Successful Close—Here's How
Steve Forbes lays out a tough set of proposals President Trump should immediately employ against Russia—including hardline sanctions, sending Ukraine...
Spotlight: Why The Federal Reserve Must Be Hit By The Intellectual Equivalent Of A B-2 Bomber
Steve Forbes calls out the Federal Reserve for its refusal to reduce interest rates due to its animus against President Trump, who attacks Chair Jerom...
Spotlight: The Federal Reserve Suffers A Fatal Conceit And Our Economy Is Paying The Price
Steve Forbes shares his unvarnished reaction to the Federal Reserve's continued refusal to cut interest rates due to its absurd belief in the patently...
Spotlight: A Simple Recipe For A More Peaceful World: Help Israel Fight Iran And Sufficiently Arm Ukraine
Steve Forbes explains that in this extremely precarious geopolitical situation, President Trump must stay firm by backing Israel against Iran and Ukra...
Spotlight: This Is Why The Congressional Budget Office Should Be Abolished Or At Least Substantially Reformed
Steve Forbes makes the case to abolish or at least substantially reform the Congressional Budget Office, calling out the agency's consistent patterns...
Spotlight: This Is Why Trump Is Completely Right In Pushing To Privatize Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac
Steve Forbes makes the case for privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a move that has just been proposed by President Trump.
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Spotlight: Memo To The Senate: Remove The Nasty New Tax In The Big Beautiful Bill Passed In The House
Steve Forbes warns the U.S. Senate to remove the "Revenge Tax," an onerous markets-focused levy that would end up as Section 899 of the Federal Tax Co...
Spotlight: Think The Trade War Is Bad Now? A Law From Decades Ago Could Make Things Even Worse
Steve Forbes explains that the trade war could get even worse if President Trump invokes a barely-known section of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which...
Spotlight: A New Tax Being Pushed By Republicans Should Be Sent To The Dumpster
Steve Forbes explains why a new 3.5% levy on remittances in congressional Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill" should be scrapped immediately—or we will...
Spotlight: Is Putin About To Win The Ukraine War By Default?
Steve Forbes explains how U.S. fecklessness could allow Vladimir Putin to pull off a victory in Ukraine—and warns that a successful act of aggression...
Spotlight: Can A 50-Year-Old Napkin Save The Economy Again?
Steve Forbes urges President Trump and his team to go back to following the Laffer Curve, economist Art Laffer's economic formula which fueled the Ame...
Spotlight: Here's Why The Courts Might Kill President Trump's Tariffs
Steve Forbes explains how lawsuits against President Trump's tariffs will probably end up in the Supreme Court—and if modern history is instructive, t...
Spotlight: The Trump-Engineered India And Pakistan Ceasefire Demonstrates Why The U.S. Must Not Go Isolationist
Steve Forbes explains how the nearly catastrophic escalation in the conflict between India and Pakistan—thankfully averted due to a ceasefire engineer...
Spotlight: President Trump Is Visiting The Mideast—Why Is He Ignoring Israel?
As President Trump visits the Middle East, Steve Forbes urges his administration not to cool relations with Israel, and to green light an assault on a...
Spotlight: Here's What The Federal Reserve Must Do To Help Our Vulnerable Economy
Steve Forbes offers some much-needed advice to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the Board of Governors to bring some stability to the U.S. econ...
Spotlight: Why President Trump's Second 100 Days Will Define His Presidency
Steve Forbes explains why President Trump's second 100 days will ultimately define his presidency, hinging on how painful the impact of tariffs will b...
Spotlight: The Dreadful Deal The U.S. Is Pushing On Ukraine Is Dire News For The Free World
Steve Forbes explains why the Trump Administration's proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine War would constitute a big win for Vladimir Putin a...
Spotlight: This Is Why The New U.S. Talks With Iran Are A Very Dangerous Undertaking
Steve Forbes explains why the Trump Administration needs to remember that the mullahs cannot be trusted as it undertakes new U.S.-Iran nuclear talks—a...
Spotlight: Medicaid Is The Most Expensive And Inefficient Health Insurance Plan—What Can The GOP Do To Fix It?
Steve Forbes discusses the massive expenses and inefficiencies within Medicaid that are costing the U.S. taxpayer enormously, and advises the GOP to t...
Spotlight: This Is Why Trade Deficits And Surpluses Are Meaningless Statistical Data Points Signifying Nothing
Steve Forbes explains why focusing on trade deficits and surpluses completely ignores the key questions of economic health—and why the focus on that c...
Spotlight: How Much Longer Should We Subsidize Drug Prices For Other Countries?
Steve Forbes calls out the unfair trade practices that sees U.S. citizens subsidizing the pharmaceutical bills of other countries—and lays out the des...
Spotlight: It's A True Emergency—Our Navy Is Falling Dangerously Behind China's
Steve Forbes warns of China's relentlessly increasing power on the sea, and explains why and how the U.S. must get serious about rapidly ramping up na...
Spotlight: Will The Tariff Shock Send Us Into Recession Here And Overseas?
Steve Forbes warns that the longer President Trump's tariffs stay in place, the longer will be the recovery time and the probability of a severe econo...