Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr.is an American publishing executive, who was twice a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party for President. Forbes is the Editor-in-Chief of Forbes, a business magazine. Forbes was a Republican candidate in the 1996 and 2000 Presidential primaries. Forbes is the son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes, and the grandson of that publication's founder, B.C. Forbes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth18 July 1947
CountryUnited States of America
Why is this list growing? The global economy has been growing the last two years at rates not seen since World War II, fuelled by a commodities boom with a whiff of inflation.
Cutting rates works. It means more businesses and more jobs are created and the economy moves ahead.
Why is the list growing? The answer is an obvious one - the global economy is growing.
You go wherever there are groups of activists willing to work. I have visited this state several times this year.
You get huge changes in the last seven to 10 days as people really focus. I come from the business sector, where competition is a daily fact of life.
I think the idea of trying to demonize Governor Romney's going to backfire. Their attempts so far have failed pretty outstandingly and I think at the end of the day, people are going to say, 'what was Obama's record?' Governor Romney's got pro-growth Reaganesque proposals on the table.
The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China.
You can't do it with an occasional speech, you've got to do it every day.
New Hampshire is unique in that all the presidential candidates come here because of your first-in-the-nation status. If we can get New Hampshire on board, all the candidates will be asked about this concept repeatedly. If we leave Washington to its own devices, nothing will happen.
New Hampshire has a unique opportunity to start this citizens' effort that we don't have to take it anymore,
Make no mistake. This fight has just begun.
I think that's why the Federal Reserve has to say explicitly it will provide sufficient liquidity to get this economy moving again, ... The Fed has been behind the curve.
The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off.
I think the White House knows once those hearings start, he's doomed.