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.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 679
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
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 to kids who don't get immunized for polio, measl…
00:04:06 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
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 greater while imposing tougher sanctions on Russia.
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Thu 04 Sep 2025
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 North Star for U.S. foreign policy for decades—to…
00:04:28 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
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 by the siren call of a "weak dollar" are stoking …
00:04:57 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
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 dollar stable in value, and whether he believes tha…
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Wed 13 Aug 2025
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 its profoundly wrong philosophy, history is doomed…
00:05:00 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
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 the U.S. dollar.
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Fri 18 Jul 2025
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 protects Americans and bolsters the economy could cause…
00:03:51 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
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 between a consumer and the ability to purchase a produ…
00:04:12 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
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 gold, which would provide a simple, everyday metr…
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Fri 11 Jul 2025
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 major weapons, and freezing Russian assets—to fin…
00:04:24 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
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 Jerome Powell routinely—and explains why DOGE-like mas…
00:04:40 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
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 false premise that to control inflation, it must…
00:03:51 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
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 Ukraine against Russia.
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Wed 18 Jun 2025
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 of error that have consistently misled policymake…
00:04:57 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
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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00:01:34 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
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 Code, from the Big Beautiful Bill currently being c…
00:03:10 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
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 might obviate even the toughest court decisions b…
00:04:41 |
Fri 30 May 2025
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 see a sharp uptick in money laundering.
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00:03:16 |
Fri 23 May 2025
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 by Russia will only embolden China's expansionist…
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Thu 22 May 2025
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