How is public policy impacting small business attitudes? Connie Certusi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the recent Sage survey which showed that small businesses are increasingly concerned about laws and regs being passed that affect them.

Is there an emotional dam of entrepreneurial energy about to be released? Greg Reid joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why he believes small businesses are becoming impatient with the progress of economic recovery and are ready to break out with new entrepreneurial energy.

How are small businesses handing the recovery? Steve Strauss joins Jim Blasingame to report on how small businesses are dealing with this marathon recovery, including finding ways to use social media to build online customer communities.

Are your differentiating the internal from the external influences on your small business? Jim Blasingame talks about making sure you aren't using the current economic conditions as a excuse for not taking a hard look at your own management performance and execution.

How are affluent consumers handling the current economic conditions? Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to talk about her research that shows the wealthy consumer is still not spending as they were a few years ago and why this is the case.

How has de-leveraging affected the economy? Kiplinger's Jim Ostroff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the decline in credit card debt and use and how it affects the recovery, plus the Fed wants to continue Quantitative Easing (QE2).

Joe Cleary joins Jim Blasingame to explain that, like most others, the commercial construction industry is experiencing both cyclical and structural unemployment, and what the future of construction employment will look like.

Joe Cleary joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the factors that are causing a little construction industry upturn and why he fears it may not be sustainable after 2012.

Is commercial construction tracking with the overall economy? Joe Cleary joins Jim Blasingame to report the commercial construction industry is seeing "green shoots" from pent-up demand from groups like real estate investment trusts (REIT) and government spending.

Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to launch his book, "Shock of Gray" and discuss the aging global population is impacting the U.S, including our own economy, plus the political challenges of global aging on our economy and national security.