Steve Forbes: What's Ahead

There’s a lack of price transparency in medical care in the U.S., and people are paying more out of pocket costs than ever before. Quality care at reasonable and disclosed prices should not be dictated by hospitals, doctors and insurance companies. Can price transparency save the future of American health care? Steve Forbes on the true patient-oriented free market that’s emerging and the Oklahoma medical institution that is helping to pave the way.

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Utilities are warning of the potential for serious power outages this summer in many parts of the country. Are we headed for a summer of rolling blackouts? Steve Forbes on the energy crisis at hand, the misbegotten policy errors that got us here and why it's time to examine how we can realistically meet our energy needs.

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The notion that the Federal Reserve should try to manage how the economy performs is dangerous nonsense. News flash to the Fed: Prosperity doesn’t cause inflation; creating too much money and undermining the dollar's value does! Is a recession ahead inevitable? Steve Forbes on the Fed’s plans to slow inflation that will ultimately kill the economy.

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The collapsing values in cryptocurrencies and their exchanges are reminiscent of when the dot.com bubble burst more than 20 years ago. Back then, most of those speculative stocks were listed on the Nasdaq. When the bubble burst, the Nasdaq index plummeted almost 80%. Steve Forbes examines whether the crypto world is in for a similar shellacking.

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Politicians never tire of coming up with ways to raise your taxes, and a carbon tariff is no different. Democrats say such a tax will fight climate change, but the truth is that it will only make life more expensive. Steve Forbes on why a carbon tax won't fight climate change but will increase the already rising cost of living.

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The Fed says its actions on Wednesday show it’s now serious about fighting inflation. The trouble is, it won’t use the best weapon possible: gold. Steve Forbes on the Fed’s continued battle with inflation and on how the central bank won’t even consider our most formidable, reliable, time-tested tool to keep the dollar stable in value, a gold standard.

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Vladimir Putin grossly miscalculated the war in Ukraine. And now Putin and other Russian officials have warned that Moscow may use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Is this move unthinkable? How can we stop Putin from waging nuclear warfare? Steve Forbes on the immeasurable stakes at hand and on what could be done to deter Putin from such a move. 

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has unveiled his solution to help fight inflation: significant tax increases. Steve Forbes on why the Democrats’ proposed tax hike is reckless and is not the answer to inflation.

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President Biden boasts about his love for infrastructure. So why is he putting big regulatory barriers on the building and repairing of roads, bridges, and the like? Steve Forbes on Biden’s infrastructure plan and on how his own regulations undermine its potential progress.

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The Federal Reserve believes that you attack inflation by deliberately reducing economic activity and, thus, is pushing the economy toward a recession or, at least, an unwelcome slowdown. Steve Forbes on the Fed's recession that’s looming over our economy, on rising interest rates and on how the road ahead doesn't look good for a vibrant stock market.

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