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 hear from Gordon Gray, Director of Fiscal Policy at the American Action Forum, who has come out with a new paper proposing a pragmatic way to reduce the significant legal immigration backlog that…
This week on Facing the Future, we speak with nationally known demographer Dr. Ken Johnson of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire about his latest research. Among other findings, Johnson says fertility rates in…
This week on Facing the Future, we take a look at the fiscal and policy implications of President Biden’s recent controversial announcement that his administration would cancel a significant amount of student loan debt for many Americans. Although very popular…
The Senate’s version is much smaller than the original House legislation. It would spend approximately $740 billion to help reduce prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, preserve affordable health insurance through Obamacare marketplace exchanges, and invest in clean energy technologies…
This week on Facing the Future, we examine the growing human and economic cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it grinds on into its 6th month. The war has pushed up fuel and food prices and helped lead to…
This week on Facing the Future, we once again prove the old adage that if you don’t like the way the political winds are blowing in Washington DC, just wait 5 minutes. In this case, our program this week focused…
