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Facing the Future

Radio Show & Podcast

About the Show

Hosted by Robert Bixby, Concord’s Senior Advisor and former Executive Director, the show dives into topics related to U.S. fiscal policy — like health care, taxes, national security, the national debt and more — with budget experts, industry leaders, elected officials and candidates for public office.

Listen to learn more about how the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges — and possible solutions — impact current and future generations.

The show is broadcast on Concord, New Hampshire radio station WKXL each week on Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m., with subsequent rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Sundays at 11:00 a.m.

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Facing the Future was in Washington DC this week for the national finals of the annual "Fiscal Challenge" competition among college students all over the country. The students put forward some thorough and well-researched plans to reduce the national debt as a share…

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This week on Facing the Future, in honor of tax season, we take a look at federal revenues and the Congressional budget making process, as both are in need of some serious adjustment. Joining us in this discussion were two…

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This week on Facing the Future, we hear from labor economist Betsey Stevenson, former member of the Obama administration’s Council of Economic Advisors, currently a professor of public policy and economics at the Gerald Ford R. Ford School of Public…

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Mar 30, 2023
Special Guest: Anne Villamil, Ramji Balakrishnan, Steve Robinson
This week on Facing the Future, we got a perspective on America’s fiscal and economic challenges from Iowa City, Iowa. That’s home to the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business. Concord Coalition national field director Phil Smith and communications…

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Mar 22, 2023
Special Guest: Anne Kelly, Brad Campbell, Pat Parenteau
This week on Facing the Future, we focus on the economic and federal budget impact of climate change, with excerpts from a recent panel discussion on the topic that The Concord Coalition sponsored together with the  League of Conservation Voters…

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This week on Facing the Future, we discuss the Biden Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Budget proposal in colors. What do I mean by that? Well we had an in-house panel of experts - namely Concord Coalition policy director Tori Gorman…

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This week on Facing the Future we touched the “third rail” of American politics, Social Security, and lived to tell about it. Of course, none of us is running for public office. Our guest was Andrew Biggs, senior fellow at…

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This week on Facing the Future, we got more analysis on the 10 year federal budget and economic outlook recently released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Our guest was Jeff Holland, Vice President of Research for the Peter G.…

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This week on Facing the Future, we speak with Dr. Phillip Swagel, the director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO has just put out its latest 10 year budget outlook that shows bad trends getting worse over the…

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This week on Facing the Future, we check in once again with Ben Ritz, the director of the Center for Funding America’s Future at the Progressive Policy Institute. Ben has written a number of things recently including an opinion piece…

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This week on Facing the Future, we check back in with professor Adam Stulberg, the Sam Nunn Chair in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech University. Professor Stulberg has expertise in Russian and Eurasian Affairs, international…

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This week on Facing the Future, we revisited the issue of immigration that nearly all economists agree will have an enormous impact on both economic growth and the federal budget over the next 30 years. With declining birth rates in…

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