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, Bob Bixby switched from the host chair to the guest seat to talk about his 25-year career as Executive Director of The Concord Coalition. National Field Director Phil Smith asked Bob questions about the…
This week on Facing the Future Bob and The Concord Coalition’s Chief Economist Steve Robinson plunged into the tax code and tax policy with Steven Rosenthal, a Senior Fellow at the Tax Policy Center. First, they reviewed the U.S. Supreme…
This week on Facing the Future, we heard from students who participated in a unique edition of The Concord Coalition’s Principles and Priorities budget exercise at New Hampshire Boys State. Bob was joined by Phil Smith, Concord Coalition National Field…
This week on Facing the Future, Bob Bixby was joined by Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman and Chief Economist Steve Robinson to discuss the latest 10-year Budget and Economic Outlook from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO report…
This week on Facing the Future Bob Bixby hosted a discussion of China, Ukraine, Gaza, and more international strategy in the context of the budget. Joining to provide an expert perspective on U.S. military spending priorities was Michal O’Hanlon, Senior…
This week on Facing the Future, Jason Furman, former chair of the President’s Economic Council of Advisors from 2013-2017 and current professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, joined Bob for a full breakdown of the inflationary outlook, the debt,…
