Steve Forbes: How Free Enterprise, Not Government, Made America Great | 2026 Burkett Miller Lecture

Steve Forbes’ full 2026 Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture at UTC, hosted by the Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise (Dr. Claudia Williamson Kramer) and co-sponsored by Young America’s Foundation. 0:00 Welcome & introductions (Dean Robert Dooley) 3:19 Host welcome — Dr. Claudia Williamson Kramer 4:26 Steve Forbes begins: America at 250 6:57 What made the American colonies unique 16:37 How free markets turn scarcity into abundance 19:04 The forgotten entrepreneurs 34:40 Capitalism vs. socialism: the moral case for markets 40:24 Taxes & tariffs 48:03 Monetary policy, the Fed & the dollar 57:46 Fixing health care 1:01:29 Audience Q&A ▶ Forbes Fridays series:    • Forbes Fridays   Subscribe:    / @utcprobascoecon   #ForbesFridays #ProbascoChair #FreeEnterprise #Economics #UTC