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
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 American comeback of the 1980s and 1990s, in order t…
00:04:34 |
Wed 21 May 2025
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, the nation's highest court might end them sooner t…
00:03:58 |
Fri 16 May 2025
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 engineered by the Trump Administration—demonstrates why t…
00:04:43 |
Thu 15 May 2025
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 all of Iran's nuclear facilities as soon as possib…
00:04:10 |
Wed 14 May 2025
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. economy, including issuing some bonds backed by gold …
00:04:20 |
Tue 06 May 2025
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 be felt, whether Republicans will pass their "one …
00:04:25 |
Fri 02 May 2025
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 and only make the world more dangerous.
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00:04:13 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
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—and why if the Iranians actually figure how to get…
00:03:35 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
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 take this generational opportunity to employ some …
00:04:55 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
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 could lead to serious and avoidable economic turbu…
00:04:56 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
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 desperately needed reforms to make things right.
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00:03:49 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
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 naval shipbuilding.
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00:04:16 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
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 economic downturn—and urges the President to offer a 9…
00:04:48 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Spotlight: Here's What Must Be Done Now In The Aftermath Of The Tariff Shock
Steve Forbes details the most important immediate steps the U.S. must take after President Trump's tariff rollout and the massive aftershock that continues to roil the domestic and global economy.
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00:03:44 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Spotlight: Trump's New Executive Order Will Shake Federal Workforce To Its Core And Enormously Help The Country
Steve Forbes praises a new executive order from President Trump that ends collective bargaining for most federal employees, and urges Congress to pass the Federal Workforce Freedom Act to lock in Tru…
00:04:12 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Spotlight: Can Senate Republicans Save President Trump's Tax Cuts?
Steve Forbes warns that the GOP tax legislation, crucial to bolstering and improving the U.S. economy, is in deep peril—and explains how Senate Republicans can pull it back from the brink.
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00:04:00 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Spotlight: President Trump Is Right—We Should Junk The Debt Limit
Steve Forbes explains why President Trump is right to say it's time to get rid of the debt limit—and all the political drama and economic turmoil that comes with it—once and for all.
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00:03:14 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Spotlight: Parents Across The Country Should Be Warned About Illinois's New Education Scheme
Steve Forbes warns that Illinois's government has set its sights on homeschooling and unveiled new efforts to regulate and probe the educational decisions of parents—with penalties that could even le…
00:04:24 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Spotlight: Warning To Trump Administration—Do Not Dismantle Voice Of America
Steve Forbes explains why the Trump Administration must not end Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Voice of America networks and thus surrender the U.S.'s crucial place in the global battle of i…
00:04:12 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Spotlight: Gold Has Hit $3,000 An Ounce—And The Fed Has No Clue The Trouble This Spells For The Economy
Steve Forbes explains why the high price of gold signals higher inflation to come—and warns that the Federal Reserve has no clue how to read these troubling signs.
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00:03:51 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
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