
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.
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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 blocking his hardline tariffs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar
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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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 aims. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-
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 to unleash today's economy and make a brighter future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv
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 than anyone thinks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri

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 the world is safer when the U.S. does not bend toward isolationism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Ca