Steve Forbes: What's Ahead

Dec 10 2024 615 ep. 8 mins 454

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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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Spotlight: This Is What Javier Milei Must Do To Protect His Incredible Work Once He's No Longer In Office

Dec 10 2024 4 mins

Steve Forbes praises the tenure of Argentinia's President Javier Milei, and calls for him to formally change the peso to the U.S. Dollar, which would prevent a backslide into failed leftist policy after he leaves office. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Spotlight: This Needs To Be The Day One Priority For Trump's Second Term

Dec 05 2024 4 mins

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.

Spotlight: Memo To Musk And Ramaswamy's DOGE: Go For The Flat Tax

Dec 03 2024 4 mins

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.

Spotlight: Memo To Every Governor: This Simple Tax Policy Can Bring Untold Success To Your State

Nov 13 2024 3 mins

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.

Spotlight: Britain's Big New Budget Is A Bust—Here's Why We Should Care

Nov 01 2024 3 mins

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.

Spotlight: A Warning To Both Democrats And Republicans: Don't Ditch Ukraine

Oct 31 2024 3 mins

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.

Spotlight: When It Comes To Investor Privacy, The SEC Acts Like It Is Working For Chinese Dictator XI Jinping

Oct 29 2024 4 mins

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.

Spotlight: Warning To New Yorkers: Equal Rights Amendment Referendum Hides Unpopular Consequences

Oct 25 2024 3 mins

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.

Spotlight: A Very Undemocratic Voting System Could Gain Ground This November

Oct 24 2024 3 mins

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.

Spotlight: How Will China Try To Subdue Taiwan?

Oct 22 2024 4 mins

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.