What are the policy alternatives to Obamacare? Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on a Republican policy alternative to Obamacare that makes sense, but will have difficulty becoming reality.

Will 2014 be worse than 2013 for Obamacare? Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the various ways that Obamacare will be and even worse nightmare for Americans in 2014.

Obama wants to increase the federal minimum wage. Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why raising the federal minimum wage does not help the people it's supposed to help, and actually hurts the economy.

Did this State of the Union speech matter? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on Obama's 2014 State of the Union speech, including his continued, failed approach to solving our problems with government solutions.

What will the Fed do to unwind their quantitative easing policy? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss this month's Fed Meeting, whether they will further unwind their easy money policy and if so, how much.

When did Pope Frances become a global economist? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to point out that Pope Frances hasn't learned the lessons of Pope John Paul II on the value of capitalism over socialism in raising people out of poverty.

France may be moving away from socialism? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to report on an apparent move by France's leadership to embrace more capitalistic policies.

What can be done to protect community banks from regulators? Richard Bove joins Jim Blasingame to report on how community banks have been harmed by a one-size-fits-all regulatory regime from a federal government that doesn't care about small banks.

What should Chris Christie do to repair his personal brand? Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Gov. Christie did and did not do well to help himself in his personal brand challenges, and whether his image can be redeemed.

Like net neutrality needed more complexity. Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the market, legal and policy players who are leading the debate on the very complicated Internet topic of net neutrality.