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.
This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with Richard Jackson, founder and president of the Global Aging Institute, about the enormous impact that our aging population is having on the federal budget and our economy. A larger senior population…
This week on Facing the Future, we heard from the newest member of The Concord Coalition’s board of directors, Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux. Dr. Bordeaux represented Georgia’s 7th district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2021-23. She is an adjunct…
This week on Facing the Future, we looked at (and tried to make sense of) the mixed bag of economic signals from the latest figures on employment, consumer prices, and the strategy employed by the Federal Reserve on interest rates,…
This week on Facing the Future, we got multiple perspectives on the debt limit deal reached just a few days ago by President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy that averts - once Congress passes it and the President signs it…
Debt limit differences remain large as time runs low This week on Facing the Future, we kept our focus on the debt limit. With time quickly running out before the nation faces a default on its obligations, there was some…
This week on Facing the Future, we took a deep dive into defense spending, the largest portion of discretionary spending (i.e., annual appropriations)in the federal budget: President Biden proposes spending $842 billion for the Pentagon in his proposed fiscal year…
