Customers are the best source of capital and success. Chuck Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the difference between the cleansing nature of free-market capitalism and the opposite effect derived from social justice systems.

Why is Europe having so much sovereign debt problems? Chuck Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame to report that the problem with the EU is that their sovereign debt level that was created by a devotion to socialism and turning away from market forces.

Entrepreneurship is encouraged and esteemed all over the world. Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on her participation in the Global Entrepreneurship Forum held this month in Singapore.

Each increase in minimum wage advances the use of technology instead of people. Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the origin of minimum wage during the Great Depression, and the contribution of the wage mandate on unemployment.

The start-up phenomenon has changed. Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that during the current economic recovery cycle, market forces have caused a suppressed effect on small business start-ups in a way that has not been seen before.

Do business owners think the economy is doing better? Jay Mincks joins Jim Blasingame to report on the recent Insperity poll of business owners that shows the majority of business owners are still uncertain about economic growth.

When will the economy improve? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to predict that the U.S. economy in 2012 will improve over 2011, and that 2013 will be ever better, regardless of who gets elected president.

Will manufacturing ever come back to the U.S.? Tatum’s Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report the service sector is up, but manufacturing is weak, plus the state of the economy in different parts of the country.

What are business managers saying about sales? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report this month’s Tatum Survey indicates an interesting combination of increased order backlogs, but reduced capital spending.

Tatum reports the economy is in a holding pattern at a low level. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report that the economy is not improving because of the impact of politics, entitlements and uncertainty.