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The Mark Simone Show

Mark interviews Steve Forbes, Chairman of Forbes Media.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3696 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Steve discusses why rolling back regulations on electric vehicles (EVs) will greatly benefit car companies. He also shares his picks for who should serve on the Federal Reserve Board as Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term comes to an end this year. If President Trump succeeds in securing oil from Latin America and possibly Greenland, the USA could see very low gas prices.

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0:00.0

Here's more of the Marks Among show on WOR.

0:04.9

Well, we bring you the smartest people on earth.

0:07.6

Steve Forbes, of course, the chairman, editor-in-chief, Forbes Media.

0:11.3

Also, you know, he's a best-selling author.

0:13.0

You should get his latest book, Inflation.

0:15.6

There is no better book on the subject.

0:17.4

Just go to Amazon.

0:18.3

You can get it there.

0:19.0

Inflation, excellent book. Steve Forbes,

0:21.9

how are you? Doing fine, thanks. How are you in this new year? A lot in lots happening.

0:27.6

Seems like the year's half over already with everything that's going on.

0:31.7

Speaking of, hey, we were talking about affordability. Democrats found that word through focus groups,

0:36.5

affordability. But it has improved a lot groups, affordability, but it has improved

0:39.8

a lot in the last year, hasn't it? The real progress is being made. One of the things I think

0:46.2

President Trump and his team underestimated was how big of a mess they were actually inherited

0:52.0

from the Biden administration.

0:59.9

But when you go down the list of what they've done and what I hope they're going to be doing this year,

1:01.2

it's impressive.

1:04.6

One of the most boring subjects in the world, of course, is regulation.

1:08.6

It's not the kind of thing that has people really aroused,

1:12.7

but it's been a huge drain, huge burden on American manufacturing.

1:18.5

And what they've done and things like with EVs, you know, if they make these regulations permanent through legislation, the auto industry is going to have a revival in a renaissance

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