Is free-market capitalism under assault? Guy Sorman talks to Jim Blasingame about how free-market capitalism has benefited billions of people over the past 200 years, but now may be under assault by those with socialist tendencies and a desire for control.

Broadcasting live from the ACCE Convention in Raleigh, N.C., Jim Blasingame talks with Chapel Hill Chamber president, Aaron Nelson, about the GreenPlus program, which is a locally developed initiative that is being made available to chambers and businesses across the country.

Broadcasting live from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives convention in Raleigh, N.C., Jim Blasingame talks with Raleigh Chamber president, Harvey Schmitt, about how local chambers of commerce are helping small businesses survive in a recessionary economy?

What is the current state of economic recovery? How long will it take for recovery to turn into expansion? Bill Brandt talks about this with Jim Blasingame, plus his thoughts on the current health care reform debate, as well as the credit environment for small businesses.

There are changes coming to help small businesses deal with the difficult issues around providing retirement plans for employees and Joan Pryde talks with Jim Blasingame about this, plus the rise of the Chinese economy and other topics from the most recent Kiplinger Letter.

What will the future hold for small businesses? What are the key survival and growth strategies for 2009 and beyond? Doug Tatum and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the critical issues that will help a small business survive and thrive in a global economy going forward in the coming economic recovery and expansion.

Will the U.S. lead the world out of recession? How long will the recession last? What will the role of the Fed be in the future? These issues and others are discussed by Joan Pryde and Jim Blasingame, including the American auto industry and whether tax increases will be part of health care reform.

What if the government conducted regulatory stimulus by reducing or eliminating regulations on small businesses? Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how reducing regulations, instead of increasing them, would encourage the economic recovery.

For some time, Americans have had a "borrow and spend" attitude about our economy, according to Bill Glynn, and he talks candidly with Jim Blasingame about what this behavior hath wrought on our future.

How could Harvard MBA's have caused the financial crisis? Phillip Broughton joins Jim to talk about his experience in the Harvard Business School and why he thinks the standards, values and ethics of that are taught to and encouraged of their graduates and alumni community, and how they have impacted the marketplace and politics, sometimes negatively.