The name of John Chuang’s creative staffing agency may be a made-up Latin term, but what’s not made up about Aquent is its success in an economy that depends more and more on a flexible workforce. Now boasting clients such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple, back in the 90’s Aquent became the first staffing company to offer full benefits to its fleet of independent contractors. In this episode of What’s Ahead, John talks to Steve about the evolution of the gig economy, the importance of worker benefits, and how legislation like California’s Assembly Bill 5 can intervene in the disturbing trend of benefits inequality.
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Steve Forbes urges world leaders to end their investments in renewables like wind and solar which he says are a waste of money and are doing nothing to help floundering economies.
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Steve Forbes warns that the Affordable Connectivity Program is under threat if Congress does not renew it—and if the program expires, it would leave countless lower-income citizens without the Internet access they need to compete in the modern economy.
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Steve Forbes torches this season's Major League Baseball uniforms, ripping the MLB's design sense and calling for a fix.
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Steve Forbes explains how government subsidies are hurting the semiconductor industry.
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Steve Forbes explains why the Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates at its next month's meeting when consensus thinking has been pushing for the Fed to sit still.
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Steve Forbes castigates the House for failing to pass Ukraine aid and calls out President Biden's failure to explain the key objectives in the war—and outlines key steps for the President to take to help the effort against Russian aggression.
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Steve Forbes calls out President Biden's two recent foreign policy moves—the decision to block LNG exports and the pressure on Israel not to finish off Hamas in Rafah—and how they are jeopardizing U.S. and global security.
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Steve Forbes explains why NATO is vitally important to the U.S., explaining its history and its crucial importance to preventing Russia's domination of Europe and the rise of global authoritarianism.
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Steve Forbes breaks down the terrifying economic outlook in the new CBO report—and warns that a failure to account for a vital military buildup could lead to disaster the likes of which the U.S. has never seen.
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Steve Forbes warns that Congress might soon rub more salt into the wounds of taxpayers by raising the cap on how much people can deduct on their federal income tax returns for state and local taxes.
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