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 our guest was Rachel Snyderman, Director of Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. We discussed the fiscal challenges awaiting the winner of the 2024 presidential election and the more immediate challenge of finally…
This week on Facing the Future, I spoke with Mike Murphy, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB). We discussed the many daunting fiscal challenges awaiting the winner of the 2024…
This week on Facing the Future, we focused on the latest economic projections from the Federal Reserve Board. For a meeting without a rate change, the last Fed meeting, which concluded on December 13, certainly made some news, particularly with…
This week on Facing the Future we got an update on the latest inflation and economic growth numbers from Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Despite some encouraging short-term…
This week on Facing the Future, we’ll do a round-up of topics including new Census Bureau population projections, the road ahead for FY 2024 appropriations following passage of a new CR (continuing resolution) and a case now before the U.S.…
This week on Facing the Future, we got an update on COVID-19 as another holiday travel season is approaching. We discussed the outlook with Dr. Jodie Guest, an epidemiologist and professor at the Rollins School of Public Health and School…
