Ray Keating

Small business and the current public policy debates

How will the Obama administration's foray into the marketplace ultimately impact small businesses? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the car czar, the bank czar, the energy czar and the new pay czar. How long will it be before, like during the last czarist regime, there is a revolution? Non-violent, of course.

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Like private equity firms, small businesses are founded to create wealth, not jobs. Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the debate on private equity and why jobs are the by-products of capitalism.
Congress needs to stop enacting policies that are detrimental to small businesses. Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss small business tax issues currently considered in Congress, plus policies that hurt small business.
Why small business startups aren't flourising in the current economy. Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the decline in growth trends of small businesses, especially startups.
Why can't the Washington political class get out of the way of economic recovery? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the policies and behavior of the political class in Washington are impeding economic recovery.
Three years after the end of the recession, why isn't employment improving? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the multi-faceted challenges of employment in the U.S. and how government is contributing to the problem.