

Steve Forbes: What's Ahead
Forbes
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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Dec 5, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: This Needs To Be The Day One Priority For Trump's Second Term
Steve Forbes says that the success of President-elect Trump's second term rests on his ability to pass a substantive tax cut bill, which he says reignite a faltering U.S. economy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dec 3, 2024 • 5min
Spotlight: Memo To Musk And Ramaswamy's DOGE: Go For The Flat Tax
Steve Forbes argues that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency should push for a flat tax in order to simplify the tax code and reform the IRS.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nov 13, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: Memo To Every Governor: This Simple Tax Policy Can Bring Untold Success To Your State
Steve Forbes discusses the Tax Foundation's annual state tax competitiveness Index, which illustrates unambiguously how a benign tax regime leads to major league growth and success.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nov 1, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: Britain's Big New Budget Is A Bust—Here's Why We Should Care
Steve Forbes breaks down the new budget pitched by the U.K.'s empowered Labour Party, which he says is straight from the European socialists playbook and will greatly stagnate growth.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oct 31, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: A Warning To Both Democrats And Republicans: Don't Ditch Ukraine
Steve Forbes warns both Democrats and Republicans not to ditch Ukraine and let it face the attack from Russia by itself, and encourages more technological support for the embattled nation which he says could change the course of the war.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oct 29, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: When It Comes To Investor Privacy, The SEC Acts Like It Is Working For Chinese Dictator XI Jinping
Steve Forbes blasts the FEC's Consolidated Audit Trail, a new database that will track every single stock transaction made each day, which he calls the "one of the most egregious violations of privacy ever."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oct 25, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: Warning To New Yorkers: Equal Rights Amendment Referendum Hides Unpopular Consequences
Steve Forbes says that a proposition on the ballot in New York known as the Equal Rights Amendment contains far-reaching impacts he believes most voters would not support.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oct 24, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: A Very Undemocratic Voting System Could Gain Ground This November
Steve Forbes issues a major warning about a the new practice of ranked-choice voting, which could spread through several referendums in multiple states, and imperils the true tradition of democracy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oct 22, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: How Will China Try To Subdue Taiwan?
Steve Forbes warns that China's goal of taking Taiwan could soon be on the horizon—and explains the terrible consequences if Xi Jinping finally makes the disastrous move.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oct 18, 2024 • 4min
Spotlight: Beware This Dishonest Tool Modern Socialists Are Using Against The Automobile
Steve Forbes warns against the practice of imposing "road diets" on communities to block new highways or expanding existing ones, a practice which he says is a barely-veiled attempt to phase out the automobile.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.