Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the contrived and artificial elements of U.S. and global economy, and the implications of those on Main Street businesses which operations are beautifully pure and refreshingly transparent.

Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the evolution and future of cryptocurrencies as they will gain adoption as an alternative to fiat money, and the geopolitical implications thereof for sovereign nations and their currencies.

Adam Baratta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what would be the chances that the U.S. could experience negative interest rates, like the EU and Japan.

Adam Baratta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the practices of global central banks as they have created negative interest rates as a way of avoiding negative economic periods.

Adam Baratta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what caused the 2008 financial crisis and whether the Fed recently prevented another such event from happening.

Jim Blasingame reviews what caused the 2008 financial crisis, and whether current conditions could cause another such event in the near future.

Daniel Cage joins Jim Blasingame to define how blockchain technology will become a disruptive force beyond its role as the delivery platform of cryptocurrency.

Stephen Kuhl joins Jim Blasingame to report on why being proactive in providing international payment services is one of the main goals of Western Union Business Solutions in their work with local banks and credit unions.

Stephen Kuhl joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that international transactions are an increasing occurrence for small businesses, and yet most local banks aren’t prepared for this trend.

Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report that Google wants to get into banking by offering checking accounts through its cloud platform that are backed up by traditional banks.