What does the employment landscape look like? Dr. Beth Ross joins Jim Blasingame to discuss cyclical and structural unemployment in the U.S., finding qualified employees, plus the professional benefits of speaking a second language.

You can’t love electricity and hate the energy industry. Julia Seymour joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the media treats the coal industry; plus the long-term consequences and value of creating - or not creating - a U.S. energy policy.

What's in store for the economy for 2011? NFIB’s Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to explain why the rest of 2011 will see economic growth, but at a continued slow pace.

Does this recovery compare to the one in the late 1970s? NFIB's Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the challenges for the current recovery and how it compares to the one in the late 1970s.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the most recent NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism, which indicates the economy is trending up, but the recovery pace is still slow, with no job growth.

Are humans responsible for climate change? Jim Blasingame discusses the results of the Small Business Advocate poll on climate change and whether it's naturally cyclical or influenced by mankind.

Jim Blasingame reveals the results of a recent Small Business Advocate poll on small business concerns and why the biggest responses were, in this order, more sales, profitability, finding qualified employees and available credit.

Business optimism is at its highest since May 2007. Tatum’s Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report business optimism is up, along with capital expenditures and credit availability.

The U.S. economy has been through a lot in the past decade. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reflect on the impact of events over the last 10 years and how they have contributed to the current economic condition.

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.