America Trends Podcast
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EP 665 American Business and the Hangover From the Pandemic
The pandemic was an economic catastrophe the likes of which CEOs running Americas biggest companies had never seen or prepared for. There was no playbook and the shock was even greater given the fa
EP 664 Over Three Days in June 2022, the Supreme Court Changed America: What’s Next?
We have addressed the issue of the overreach of our current make-up of the US Supreme Court, but not in a way as comprehensive as the deep dive we take in this podcast. We look at the history of over
EP 663 A College Degree No Longer Required for Many Job Types
Thats right. The long held practice of degree inflation is coming to an end in America. With three state governmentsMaryland, Utah and Pennsylvaniadeclaring that experience, military service, tec
EP 662 A Safety Net Hospital: A Model for Health Care Reform in America?
Healthcare is the number one cause of bankruptcy in America. Nearly 30 million Americans have no insurance and those who do face staggering increases each year. We all interact with the healthcare
EP 661 Young Zealots on the Right Well Financed and Well Organized
While the belief is that all young people are in lockstep with liberal ideas, many flirting with socialism, the truth is that the enthusiasm of young people on the right is better financed and has som
EP 660 Should Public Employee Unions Be Outlawed?
Our guest has been warning America for decades that our government has become unaccountable tied up in overlapping jurisdictions and strangled by reams of rule books and regulation. The ability to ma
EP 659 Universal Basic Income Being Road Tested Across America
Imagine getting a check for $1,000 from this point on, on the first day of every month, deposited directly into your bank account. What would that do to give you peace of mind that theres an inc
EP 658 How Healthy Are State and Local Government Finances?
Faced with mounting Medicaid costs, powerful public employee unions and often underfunded pension and medical obligations, state and local governments can present fiscal dilemmas that, at times and
EP 656 Avoiding Complicity in Wrongdoing
Enron. Theranos. Purdue Pharma. Harvey Weinstein. The Nazis. Awful behavior abounds. The question is what do we do when we see it? Do we become a whistleblower or an enabler? Max Bazerman, a Pro
EP 655 Could America Have Won the Vietnam War?
America lost the Vietnam War. End of sentence. The reasons most scholars give are many. Chief among them is the notion that the North Vietnamese and Vietnam Congress wanted to win more than we did and