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  • The Persistence of Elites

    The Persistence of Elites
    2024/11/01
    The Founding Fathers were part of an elite group that got a classical education at America’s early universities like Harvard and Princeton and they applied that knowledge into creating the United States but they also used their knowledge to try and protect the fragile new republic from the tragic fates that befell other republics throughout history. In this podcast the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, looks at the perils that confronted the new republic and shows how we face similar perils in the 2024 election.
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    7 分
  • Who Should Run Our Economy?

    Who Should Run Our Economy?
    2024/10/24
    Everybody has ideas on how to run the American economy but nobody seems to be very happy about the results. The Economist magazine across the Atlantic doesn’t think our economy is so bad. In fact, they think it is the envy of the world. Is our economy the envy of the world because our political leadership? In this the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, will look at why the rest of the world thinks our economy is so good.
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    12 分
  • The Inevitable Progression of Inequality

    The Inevitable Progression of Inequality
    2024/10/18
    Income inequality seems to be getting worse every day in America, but whose fault is it? Greedy capitalists? Someone or something else? Or maybe inequality is inevitable? If we can’t identify the causes of inequality there is little we can do to prevent it. In this podcast the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, looks at some steps that we could take to slow the inevitable progression of inequality.
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    7 分
  • What Would Really Make America Great Again?

    What Would Really Make America Great Again?
    2024/10/11
    Have you ever thought about what would really make America great again? While there are people that believe that America was never great in the first place, most of us patriotically think America was pretty great. But most Americans don’t really know what would make America great again, primarily because they don’t know what made America great in the first place. In this podcast the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, explains whet he believes would really make America great again.
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    15 分
  • The New Luddites

    The New Luddites
    2024/10/04

    Note: After this podcast was scheduled for publication the longshoremen’s union (after meeting with members of the Biden administration) agreed to postpone their strike until after the election (surprise!). The also agreed to a 61.5% salary increase over six year. The primary sticking point is the automation of the port facilities. But my podcast might help you understand why the innovation and upgrading of port efficiency is so important.

    A strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association on East Coast of the United States is creating shortages and rising prices as ships wait in the harbor to unload their goods. The Longshoremen are asking for a wage increase of 77% over six years and have rejected counteroffers of forty and then fifty percent. However in this podcast, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, is going to look at another demand of the ILA, a freeze on automation of port services.
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    6 分
  • Inflation is Not Done with Us

    Inflation is Not Done with Us
    2024/09/26
    We may think that the worst of inflation is over, but a changing world order means that inflation will be sticking with us. Globalization of international trade since the collapse of the Soviet Union has kept prices low for decades, but at a cost. But now that globalization is receding Americans must be ready to pay more. In this podcast the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, looks at why prices will go up and also how we should spend our money to protect our future.
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    12 分
  • The Democracy Diet

    The Democracy Diet
    2024/09/19

    The Framers of the US Constitution conceived of a government that prevented the development of excessive power in any one individual or group. They created three branches of government with separate powers that acted as a check against the development of excessive power in any one branch. These checks and balances have frustrated the progressive left from implementing much of their agenda and they intend to change that. In this podcast the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles looks at how the left wants to change the nature of our democratic republic that has lasted almost 250 years.
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    11 分
  • My Take of the So-called Debate

    My Take of the So-called Debate
    2024/09/11

    This so-called presidential debate was not as consequential as Mr. Trump’s previous confrontation with Mr. Biden but there was still consequences. Here’s my take on the so-called debate.
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    4 分