In this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, discusses if social democracy is the right political system for America. An analysis of why social democracy has been so successful in the Nordic Countries and an investigation if this success could be recreated in the United States.

In this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, discusses how President Trump believes that the threat of tariffs is a powerful tool that can force other countries to do what he wants. His most recent threat to impose tariffs is aimed at Mexico not because of the imbalance of trade, but because he believes that Mexico is not doing enough to stop illegal immigrants passing though Mexican territory.

In this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, discusses the recent book by Dr. Robert Sapolsky, Behave, The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst and how it is important for our understanding of how economics and politics function.

In this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, discusses how the current debate on abortion has been captured by the extreme wings of the left and right, leaving most of the American public on the sidelines.

At the request of a listener, in this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, explores more deeply the proposals presented by Ray Dalio to improve economic conditions and reduce income inequality that were discussed in my previous podcast, the Missing Element (May 2, 2019).

In this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, discusses how Ray Dalio and Jamie Dimon have both written recently about our fraying society and how to reform capitalism to work for everybody. What they get right/what they miss.

In this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, discusses about how many Democratic presidential candidates are proposing changes the US Constitution that they say will improve American democracy but what they are actually doing is eroding the checks and balances that the Founders created in order to insure the liberty of the American people.

In this episode the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, discusses that there are reasons that human activities result in undesirable outcomes but no one wants to put in the hard work to create real change by addressing the underlying reasons for the outcome. Instead, laws mandating the preferred outcomes are passed based on ideology and preconceived notions. But papering over problems instead of resolving them leaves the underlying causes to fester and undermine society.

A news article from El Salvador that points out how the political party of the leftist government is blocking the smooth transition of power after recent elections causes the hist, Victor Bolles, to reflect on the failures of socialism.

In this episode, the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, reflects that the Mueller Report is out but the Democrats remain outraged because it is a confidential report to the Attorney General, the full report has not yet been made public. But it appears that this scandal has just about run its course.