Synopsis
In a disjointed and bewildering world, Steve Forbes engages todays thought-leaders to give listeners a better grasp of whats ahead. This weekly podcast launches Season 1 on Sunday, March 17, 2019. Subscribe now.
Episodes
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Spotlight: Memo To Every Governor: This Simple Tax Policy Can Bring Untold Success To Your State
13/11/2024 Duration: 03minSteve 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.
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Spotlight: Britain's Big New Budget Is A Bust—Here's Why We Should Care
01/11/2024 Duration: 03minSteve 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.
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Spotlight: A Warning To Both Democrats And Republicans: Don't Ditch Ukraine
31/10/2024 Duration: 03minSteve 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.
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Spotlight: When It Comes To Investor Privacy, The SEC Acts Like It Is Working For Chinese Dictator XI Jinping
29/10/2024 Duration: 04minSteve 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.
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Spotlight: Warning To New Yorkers: Equal Rights Amendment Referendum Hides Unpopular Consequences
25/10/2024 Duration: 03minSteve 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.
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Spotlight: A Very Undemocratic Voting System Could Gain Ground This November
24/10/2024 Duration: 03minSteve 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.
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Spotlight: How Will China Try To Subdue Taiwan?
22/10/2024 Duration: 04minSteve 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.
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Spotlight: Beware This Dishonest Tool Modern Socialists Are Using Against The Automobile
18/10/2024 Duration: 03minSteve 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.
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Three Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Say This Is Why Some Countries Are Rich And Others Are Poor
17/10/2024 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes gives his take on the latest winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics—Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson—who have posit that genuine rule of law and sound property rights underlie why some countries are rich and others are poor.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Here Is Why Trump Is So Much Better For The Economy Than Kamala Harris
15/10/2024 Duration: 05minSteve Forbes praises a new book by Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore called "The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again," which he says spells out exactly why former President Trump is the candidate for the economy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Hands Off Our Constitution—Our First Amendment Should Never Be Messed With
11/10/2024 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes slams politicians who seek to mess with the Constitution and violate longstanding political norms, blasting calls to change our founding document, add Supreme Court Justices, and gut free speech.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: The U.K. Turning Over The Chagos Islands To Mauritius Empowers China
10/10/2024 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes slams the United Kingdom's decision to turn over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move which he says exemplifies "appeasement" and could cost the U.S. a vital base and empower China.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Russia's Latest Move Reveals The Dangerous And Moral Bankruptcy Of The Biden-Harris Foreign Policy
04/10/2024 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes slams the Biden-Harris Administration's foreign policy following Russia's seizure of a key tower in eastern Ukraine, which he says is part and parcel of a strategy that sends dithering messages to the enemies of peace and security. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Nuclear Power Is Finally Gaining Favor—But It Won't Replace Fossil Fuels Anytime Soon
03/10/2024 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes explains why nuclear power is finally being embraced by industry and even some major governments as an alternative to traditional forms of energy—but warns that fossil fuels still remain our reliable, and necessary, energy source.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Audacious Moves From Israel And Ukraine May Yet Save Us From Catastrophic Global War
20/09/2024 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes praises the military and defense moves by both Israel and Ukraine against aggressive enemies—and explains why he thinks they've bought the world time to avoid World War III.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Why The War On Vaping Is Needlessly Killing People
19/09/2024 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains why he thinks government agencies like the FDA and CDC opposing vaping is actually deleterious to broader public health and is evidence of more creeping socialism.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: This Is How The Kamala Harris Economic Plan Will Cause A Major League Downturn
17/09/2024 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains why he thinks Vice President Kamala Harris's proposed economic plans will plunge the U.S. into an economic catastrophe not seen since the 1930s.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Angry About Flight Delays? Blame The Washington Politicians
12/09/2024 Duration: 03minSteve Forbes explains why he sees the "chief villain" of flight delays as the "stunningly antiquated" air traffic control system, and the failure of Congress to get in gear and fix the issue.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Can Beijing Be Stopped From Controlling The Critical South China Sea?
10/09/2024 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes explains how Beijing is seeking to take over the critical South China Sea, which would give it dominion over one of the most vital avenues of global commerce—and says that without strong U.S. leadership, a greater conflict might be unleashedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spotlight: Biden-Harris Administration Has Put The Monroe Doctrine On Life Support—Greatly Endangering The U.S.
05/09/2024 Duration: 04minSteve Forbes slams the Biden-Harris Administration's foreign policy, claiming that it undermines the nearly 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine which prevents international ambitions in the Western Hemisphere, and has enabled hostile foreign powers to start winning influence where they haven't before.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.