Obviously, things can get derailed, particularly if, which looks more and more likely, you get a blow-up between Israel and Iran. I think that's a very real probability now. But barring some real blow-up, the U.S. economy will grow, after a slow first quarter, about 3, 3.5 percent this year, far better than it was in 2011.

Despite holding opposite positions in 1996 for the 2000 campaign Forbes announced he was adamantly opposed to abortion and supported prayer in public schools. His awkward campaigning style was considered to be a major factor in his defeat. While at Princeton Forbes founded his first magazine Business Today with two other students.

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