Businesses have become more efficient with fewer people. Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to discuss systemic issues of unemployment: increased use of technology, capital acquisition challenges and economic and political uncertainty.

Are there ways to take advantage of the new normal? Steven Little joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the various ways you can create opportunities in your niche of the marketplace, domestic and abroad.

What can we learn from the Great Recession? Steven Little joins Jim Blasingame to talk about whether business and political leaders we've learned anything in the past three years.

Is there a precedent for the level of opposition to ObamaCare? Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons why Obamacare has been so universally opposed, plus the status of the implementation of the bill.

The government has become too much of the U.S. economy. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to explain why the economy will improve only when small businesses are more optimistic and government becomes smaller.

The housing market is still the biggest drag on the economy. NFIB’s Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report small business is still experiencing weak sales and negative hiring which will not improve significantly until housing recovers.

Should the name of this survey be changed to the pessimism index? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report the July NFIB optimism index indicated small business pessimism about the economy, even before the US credit rating was downgraded.

The economy will recover when government gets out of the way. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the government hinders growth and job creation through oppressive regulations, mandates and an ineffective tax policy.

The 21st century marketplace favors those who have technology skills. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how technology has increased productivity, but created structural unemployment, especially for older Boomers.

Big businesses have not created net new jobs for over 10 years. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that shows the majority of net new jobs are created by established, second-stage small businesses.