Chuck Baker joins Jim Blasingame to report on the importance of short-line railroads as a critical link in the supply chain, plus some of the challenges that can be created by government overreach.

Chuck Baker joins Jim Blasingame to explain how the short-line railroad industry is structured and operates, and plays a critical role in the overall national distribution system, including contribution to Main Street businesses.

Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many economic factors that seem to be volatile and contrived, and the likelihood of some kind of reconciling of these forces with reality in the near future.

Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to describe how the velocity of money is a huge driver of the economy, especially how it influences inflation and stock market valuations.

Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current and continued record levels of the stock markets, and the various influences causing this, including especially low interest rates.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current state of manufacturing reshoring to the U.S., and reasons why there’s every reason to believe this will continue.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that our supply chain strategy must increasingly include redundancy as a survival practice, and why we’ll have to pay a little more for that insurance.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons why the global supply chain is so disrupted today, and what is the prospect for future improvement.

Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on two Alignable small business surveys that show many Main Street businesses are still struggling against the pandemic shutdowns, plus the PPP2 program isn’t helping as much either.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB’s Index of Small Business Optimism that shows a reluctance to commit capital investment right now, likely owing to uncertainty about the near-term economic conditions.