Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether the Fed will raise interest rates in 2015, and reveal reasons why they shouldn’t.

Jim Blasingame reveals his ideas on why banks should embrace crowdfunding and use it to their advantage.

Jim Blasingame reviews the evolution of small business borrowing and project what it will look like in a decade with the emergence of crowdfunding loans.

Kathy Bromage joins Jim Blasingameto report on The Hartford Small Business Success Study that shows small business owners are growing conservatively with organic funding instead of borrowing.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while capital spending is up among small businesses, they’re still not interested in borrowing money to make purchases.

Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different kinds of danger Wall Street is in as a center for capital formation as well as a trading center.

Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how separated from the real economy Wall Street has become and why this is creating problems for classic capitalism and a stable economy.

Jim Blasingame talks about small business capitalization, with an explanation of how crowdfunding works with other options, like bank loans.

Stan Bril joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements to look for in a lending organization that does not take advantage of desperate business borrowers.

Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why a business loan is almost always a better way to capitalize your business than taking investor capital.