The value of manufacturing is actually up. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the conventional thinking about manufacturing and why that picture does not take all things into consideration.
Service jobs growth globally makes manufacturing look like their declining. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why manufacturing employment is lower because of technology and a growing global service sector.
Past manufacturing jobs have turned into more small business service jobs. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to explain how the outsourcing of former manufacturing jobs has become the best thing to happen to small business.
You can't grow the economy by printing money. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the failure of the Fed’s monetary policy of trying to grow the economy by flooding the marketplace with paper money.
Prosperity is created by allowing the marketplace to work. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame with suggestions on how to improve the economy, including stop printing money, reduce the size of government and convert to a flat tax.
Should the Federal Reserve Board be abolished? Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame about alternatives to the Fed, and how to create a long-term plan to return the dollar to the gold standard.
What lessons can America learn from Europe's experience and mistakes? Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to identify why the failure of socialist policies of Europe for the last 60 years should be a wake-up call for the United States.
What got us into this mess, how is the government doing with its attempts to get us out, and what should small businesses be doing about it. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to talk about these issues, including whether capitalism is in jeopardy.
Can the mandated minimum wage be justified economically? Don Boudreaux talks with Jim Blasingame as they discuss the socialistic -- not economic basis -- for mandating a minimum wage, and how it actually hurts the people it is purported to help. Don also talks about his thoughts on the future of the economy.
Is globalization good or bad? Don Boudreaux talks with Jim Blasingame about the history of globalization and the impact of the 21st century version of this phenomenon. And of course, these two can't have a visit without invoking the timeless wisdom of Bastiat.
