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 were joined by friend of the show Marc Goldwein, Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, to look at some possible ways to fix Social Security. As…
This week on Facing the Future, we looked at challenges ahead for Social Security and Medicare. According to the latest reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees, we are creeping towards insolvency for both programs by the next decade.…
This week on Facing the Future, we relied on a panel of Concord Coalition staff to help us break down the latest 10-year Budget and Economic Outlook released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. I gave my own interpretation of…
This week on Facing the Future, we focus on the ongoing war in Ukraine. Already the war has taken the lives of thousands of innocent civilians, contributed greatly to rising energy costs, and may bring dramatic shifts in US foreign…
This week on Facing the Future, we looked at the state of the economy, including the first quarter GDP report, inflation expectations, the prospects for a "soft landing" as the Fed begins to tighten monetary policy, and whether there are…
This week on Facing the Future, we explored the connection between environmental and fiscal sustainability with Brian Keane, president of SmartPower, a Washington, DC based non-profit renewable energy and energy efficiency outreach organization. Keane also has years of experience working on…
