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Why do we need free trade agreements. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why free trade agreements are important, and how we could have free trade without separate agreements.
Is labor part of the free trade debate? Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to point out that since labor is one of the components of economic production, states with right to work laws contribute to free trade inside the U.S.
The Obama administration is often the enemy of job creators. Don Boudreaux joins Jim Blasingame to report how the Obama administration became the enemy of job creators because they didn't like the jobs being created.
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.