Steve Forbes: What's Ahead

Eighty percent of our energy comes from fossil fuels, which the Biden administration wants to phase out by 2025. Can the world economy as we know it survive without fossil fuels? Steve Forbes on the economic realities of converting to renewables, the required resources we often overlook and what it would take to replace fossil fuels.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Warning: While Bitcoin may be dominating the headlines, we could be headed for a cryptocurrency war! Steve Forbes on the battle brewing that will rock the worlds of politics, economics and finance as governments prepare to fiercely fight any challenge to their monopoly on making money. Will governments crush cryptocurrencies? A gigantic financial and political clash is coming.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Washington is mulling over a new proposal that would require a negative Covid-19 test for all domestic airline travelers, but will such a rule make air travel safer? Steve Forbes on the possible impacts of mandating such a test and on why such an ill-conceived practice should be grounded. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Democrats are ready to push through a nearly $2 trillion spending bill that will supposedly rev up an economy recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, it will do just the opposite. Steve Forbes on the political realities of the coming stimulus, the reasons the legislation will do more harm than good and why it won't save the U.S. economy. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Remote learning has mostly been a failure, especially for lower-income households. As school unions arbitrarily keep kids out of the classroom, parents (by the millions) are seeking alternatives for a more genuine school choice. Does Covid-19 ultimately spell the end of the U.S. public school system? Steve Forbes on the profound shifts happening within the legacy school system and on how the impacts of Covid-19 could change public education forever. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Freedom of speech, explicitly guaranteed in the First Amendment to the Constitution, is under assault, and without freedom of speech the economy will shrivel. Steve Forbes on the variety of outlets advocating free-speech restrictions and on why suppressing free speech will hurt the economy in the long run. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The trading frenzy in GameStop and other so-called meme stocks has Washington politicians ready to enact a new tax on every securities transaction. Steve Forbes on the threats investors need to wake up to and on the possible economic implications of this proposed new tax. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Silver is suddenly surging, going above $30 for the first time since 2013. GameStop day traders beware! Steve Forbes on the truth behind trying to short-squeeze the precious metal and on what silver speculators need to watch for before the price of silver, gold and other commodities surge upward. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday and full podcast episodes each Friday.

Mark Suster, venture capitalist and managing partner of Upfront Ventures, lost 65 lbs in 18 months. He talks with Steve about how he cultivated a healthy lifestyle, why food logging is so important, and how you too can become your best self.

President Biden is pushing a national $15-an-hour minimum wage in his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. Still, there’s a better way to help low-income workers than his job-killing minimum-wage proposal. Steve Forbes on why Biden’s $15 minimum wage is not the solution and on the alternative to consider that would help people without destroying jobs and businesses.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday and full podcast episodes each Friday.

You know Arianna Huffington as an accomplished author, businesswoman, and cofounder of The Huffington Post; but as founder and CEO of Thrive Global, now she's on a mission to improve people's mental resilience, health, and productivity. She sat down with Steve to talk about the microsteps we can take to avoid burnout, and as she says, "transform our lives from struggle to grace."

Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath is President and CEO of Biotechnology Innovation Organization, also known as BIO. In this episode, she sits down with Steve to talk about her group, the COVID-19 crisis and vaccine rollout, her commitment to diversity in her industry, and her hopes for the future of biotechnology and medicine.

In the aftermath of the horrific mob attack on Capitol Hill last week Twitter and other high-tech giants are trying to restrict conservative opinion, and any inhibitions of censorship seem to be gone. Steve Forbes on why Big Tech’s censorship is a big mistake and on how their well-being ultimately depends on public goodwill (no matter how powerful these companies and organizations think they are). Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday and full podcast episodes each Friday.

It’s a fool’s game to try to precisely time when a bull market will end, but there are noteworthy signs that the current stock market is overvalued, so beware! Steve Forbes on what you need to know about the current state of the stock market, and on what an individual investor can do for some insurance against inflation. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday and full podcast episodes each Friday.

Congress is giving us a $900 billion Covid-19 relief bill, and while it’s good to have it done, don’t break out the champagne just yet. Steve Forbes on the updated stimulus deal and what the $900 billion plan actually includes. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday and full podcast episodes each Friday.

For his final interview of 2020, Steve sits down with someone who's always looking toward the future - Sebastian Thrun, CEO of "flying car company" Kitty Hawk Corporation, and chairman and co-founder of the massive online learning hub Udacity. They talk about the importance of access to education, progress made in the field of self-driving cars, and the future of eVTOL technology (flying cars may come sooner than you think!).

Many small companies have been hit hard by the Covid crisis, and for one industry in particular, a looming tax hike could cause further economic turbulence. Steve Forbes on the tax reform act that’s set to expire Dec. 31, which could put small breweries out of business, and on what's at stake if Congress doesn't act fast. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday and full podcast episodes each Friday.

In this episode, Steve sits down with Lawrence W. Reed, President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, for an enlightening conversation about Reed's book, Was Jesus A Socialist? Why This Question Is Being Asked Again, and Why the Answer Is Almost Always Wrong.

Powerful far-left groups are pressuring Joe Biden to kill the U.S. Space Force, but it would be a catastrophic mistake should he cave in to their demands. Steve Forbes on why we must save the new Space Force and why our nation's security depends on it.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday and full podcast episodes each Friday.

After years of seeing patients financially devastated by their medical care, Dr. Keith Smith decided to buck the system and create his own. In this episode, Dr. Smith tells Steve how the Surgery Center of Oklahoma uses transparent, direct, package pricing to provide their patients with excellent outcomes at a fraction of the typical costs.