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 considered the possibility of a government shutdown. If Congress fails to agree on funding levels for the next fiscal year, which begins on October 1st, many government offices will need to close their…
This week on Facing the Future, we explored the idea of appointing a new bipartisan commission to find solutions to our nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. Our guest was Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute,…
This week on Facing the Future, we check in once again with Ben Ritz, who directs the Center for Funding America’s Future at the Progressive Policy Institute. Ben has written a number of new pieces recently including one entitled: “Why…
This week on Facing the Future, we revisit our conversation with two authors, Alex Pollock and Howard Adler, from earlier this year. Pollock and Adler have written a new book called “Surprised Again: The COVID Crisis and the New Market Bubble”.…
This week on Facing the Future, we got an assessment of U.S. national security strategy and its potential impact on defense spending from Michael O’Hanlon, a senior fellow and director of research in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution. O’Hanlon…
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…