Did a single entrepreneur really start the Arab Spring? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a Tunisian produce seller's suicidal protest of government repression started the revolution in Tunisia and the Arab Spring.
Turkey should be the economic and government model for the Middle East. Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss entrepreneurial and democratic optimism for the Middle East and why Turkey should be the regional model.
China's theft of U.S. intellectual property is out of hand. Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the true cost of selling to China, which includes IP piracy, and how the U.S. can force respect of IP ownership.
Is the U.S. trending toward the European social model? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the demonstrations in France and across Europe against diminished entitlements in the face of economic realities, and how the U.S. could be headed in that direction.
Liu Xiaobo is a living profile in courage. Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss Guy's friend, Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned Chinese dissident and now Nobel Peace Prize winner, and his struggles to bring democracy to China. Plus how this story impacts business relationships.
Should we be worried about the devaluation of the U.S. dollar? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current low exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and whether it should be of concern. Plus whether the U.S. should return to the gold standard.
Does China have a Potemkin economy, or is it real? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to report on his recent trip to China and that the Chinese economy is low-tech and not very innovative, largely because it is not really a free country.
Could China become like Japan in 1990? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to compare China's economic future to what happened to Japan 20 years ago, plus to report that Japan's economy has now recovered after a 20-year recession.
What has caused the emergence of South Korea's economy? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss South Korea's investments in innovation, investment in high-tech infrastructure and why their recent success has happened because it has a true democracy.
Is the U.S. trending toward the European social model? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the demonstrations in France and across Europe against diminished entitlements in the face of economic realities, and how the U.S. could be headed in that direction.
