Should we worry about the national debt? Bruce Bartlett joins Jim Blasingame to put the national debt in perspective with other national financial indicators, such as the budget, GDP and the national net worth.

What are the best ways to NOT create jobs? Bruce Bartlett joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the policy blunders the government makes and proposes that do not create jobs growth.

America needs health care reform, not health care politics. Jim Blasingame talks about his 12-year history of encouraging market-based health care reform, and why the politically motivated proposals are more about political control than true reform.

What will the Fed do with monetary policy? Former Fed insider, Bob McTeer, joins Jim Blasingame to predict what will be discussed in this month's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, whether they will raise rates or just change their language.

There are several current business tax questions that are going unresolved by Congress, according to Pete Sepp as he joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of these, including the Alternative Minimum Tax fix, the Bush tax cuts, the research and development deduction, and others.

Don't miss this small business success story, as Luis Arguello joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how he has carved out a niche within a niche and has developed a global reach for his 40 employee company. He also explains how he has used resources from the U.S. government - Ex-Im Bank and the SBA - to help him grow his business.

Talking about small business capital support from the U.S. Government, Jim Blasingame reports from the 2010 Ex-Im Bank's Annual Conference with a message about how a small business can acquire growth capital by incorporating a bank, the SBA and Export-Import Bank.

What's in store for us in a carbon-constrained world? Bruce Bartlett joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how we should be thinking about our relationship with carbon-based energy as we move into the rest of the 21st century.

The shadow banking system caused the financial crisis, as David Adler reports with Jim Blasingame, when confidence collapsed in the unregulated banking transactions between Wall Street banks. Adler says this system is larger than the visible banking industry and the problem still has not been addressed.

Reporting on the Tatum Survey of economic conditions for March 2010, Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to identify the areas where the economy is lagging, like capital expenditures, and those that are improving, like employment and order backlogs. They also talk about some of the emotional issues that are holding back the recovery.