announcer: publishing great steve forbes at the detroit economic club. [applause] i have been asked today to make some observations about the economy and the elections. that is one reason why we did the documentary a little over a year ago. there is a feeling of the country even though we are doing well economically, things are still not quite right, and people cannot quite put their finger on it, but this year in the election, we will have one of those unusual elections in the united states, even though the campaign started in a rather uninspiring manner. no one would confuse it with greek philosophers debating life or the lincoln-douglas debates or anything like that, but there are going to be very basic questions. the most basic one of all is what kind of country do we want for the future? we have had these debates before. we had them in the 1850 s before the civil war. which them in the 1890 s, people do not recall today, but in the early 90 s, people were in turmoil. the
there will be basic questions. the most basic is what kind of country do we want for the future. before had these debates the 1890 s,0 s, in which people do not recall today. the early 90 s, the country was in turmoil. we have massive immigration, far higher than today, the rise of big cities with corruption, seemingly unstoppable corruption, a stagnant agricultural sector, and also a feeling of what this country was going to be. there was an historian in wisconsin of frederick jackson turner who wrote the paper in the early 1890 s about a circular that came out from the census bureau based on the 1890 census, and what the bureau said was the american frontier is closed, that the era of free land is at an end, and this is what turner called the frontier thesis and gained circulation in the country. it really set off an intense anxiety debate. with the closing of the frontier, would we just evolve to be a country like everyone else? the feeling was everyone came here and mov
or the lincoln-douglas debates or anything like that, but there are going to be very basic questions. the most basic one of all is, what kind of country do we want for the future? we have had these debates before. we had them in the 1850 s before the civil war. we had them in the 1890 s, which people do not recall today, but in the early 90 s, people were in turmoil. there was great concern. we had immigration, the rise of big cities with corruption, seemingly unstoppable corruption, a stagnant agricultural sector, and also a feeling of what this country was going to be. there was an a story in wisconsin of frederick jackson turner who wrote the paper in the early 1890 s about a circular that came out from the census bureau based on the 1890 census, and what the bureau said was the american frontier is closed, that the era of free land is at an end, and this is what turner called the frontier thesis and gained circulation in the country. it really set off an intense anxiety
publishing executive steve forbes discussed the economy, health care, trade, and taxes in light of the trump presidency and the 2020 election at the detroit economic club. [applause] steve: i have been asked today to make some observations about the economy and the elections. that is one reason why we did the documentary a little over a year ago. there is a feeling of the country even though we are doing well economically, things are still not quite right, and people cannot quite put their finger on it, but this year in the election, we will have one of those unusual elections in the united states, even though the campaign started in a rather uninspiring manner. no one would confuse it with greek philosophers debating life or the lincoln-douglas debates or anything like that, but there are going to be very basic questions. the most basic one of all is, what kind of country do we want for the future? we have had these debates before. we had them in the 1850 s before the civi
forbes discussed the economy, health care, trade, and taxes in light of the trump presidency and the 2020 election at the detroit economic club. [applause] steve: i have been asked today to make some observations about the economy and the elections. that is one reason why we did the documentary a little over a year ago. there is a feeling of the country even though we are doing well economically, things are still not quite right, and people cannot quite put their finger on it, but this year in the election, we will have one of those unusual elections in the united states, even though the campaign started in a rather uninspiring manner. no one would confuse it with greek philosophers debating life or the lincoln-douglas debates or anything like that, but there are going to be very basic questions. the most basic one of all is, what kind of country do we want for the future? we have had these debates before. we had them in the 1850 s before the civil war. we had them in the 189