Why are unemployment numbers down, but the number of employed is virtually unchanged? Phil Cioppa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the unemployment numbers are skewed by those who start a business, run out of benefits or are underemployed.

Phil Cioppa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why small businesses are still experiencing a recession and what could be done to improve their optimism.

Main Street is the backbone of the economy, not Wall Street. Phil Cioppa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Wall Street is not an indicator of the economy, plus the economic influence of small buisness.

Are middle class challenges temporary or structural? Phil Cioppa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what has caused economic and demographic shifts in America over the last several years.

There is a perfect storm of pressure on the middle class. Phil Cioppa joins Jim Blasingame to debate what is causing America's middle class to decline, from Wall Street to government, including the validity of Occupy Wall Street movement.