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Facing The Future

How the Younger Generation Views Fiscal Responsibility

Apr 27, 2022
Special Guest: Diane Lim
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This week on Facing the Future, we go back in for a deeper dive with the voices of our future leaders and how they would address the growing challenge of putting the federal budget on a more sustainable path…
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The Economic and Budgetary Challenges of Climate Change

Apr 20, 2022
Special Guest: Brian Keane
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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…
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Sizing up the Biden FY 2023 Budget

Mar 31, 2022
Special Guest: Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman, Chief Economist Steve Robinson, and I took a look at President Biden’s newly released Fiscal Year 2023 $5.8 Trillion federal budget proposal, measuring the new spending and revenue…
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Facing the Future in America’s Heartland

Mar 23, 2022
Special Guest: Phil Smith, Dr. Josh Gordon, Ben Ritz
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This week, Facing the Future took to the road to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where The Concord Coalition’s national field director Phil Smith helped run our Principles and Priorities federal budget exercise with students and local community members,…
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COVID Makes a Mess of Economic Data

Feb 3, 2022
Special Guest: Mark Zandi
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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman and I spoke with Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, to help us parse through recent economic data crosscurrents, seemingly buffeted by the effects of the Omicron…
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A ‘New Normal’ for COVID-19?

Jan 26, 2022
Special Guest: Dr. Michael Osterholm
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This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, one of the world’s leading experts on infectious disease and epidemiology. Osterholm is the Director of the University’s Center for…
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Plowing Through the ‘Wintry Mix’ on Jobs Report

Jan 13, 2022
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This week on Facing the Future, we plowed through the ‘Wintry Mix’ contained in the December jobs report put out by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and its implications for the economic outlook and the 2022 Congressional agenda. Our…
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As 2021 Comes to a Close, Unfinished Business Dominates 2022 Congressional Agenda

Jan 4, 2022
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For our last Facing the Future program of 2021, I gathered an all-star panel of Concord Coalition staff including: Policy Director Tori Gorman, Chief Economist Steve Robinson, National Field Director Phil Smith, Deputy Director Chris Colligan, and our newest staff…
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Political Dysfunction Confronts Inflation and Debt

Dec 17, 2021
Special Guest: Paul Hodes, Matt Robinson
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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at congressional dysfunction; whether it has grown in recent years and why it matters. Our guests were former Congressman Paul Hodes, Democrat of New Hampshire, and political analyst Matt Robison, who served…
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New Health Benefits, But for How Long?

Dec 3, 2021
Special Guest: Joshua Gordon
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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman and I spoke to Joshua Gordon, Director of Health Policy for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget about some of the health care provisions that are contained…
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If Your Taxes Go Up, Will You Know It?

Nov 24, 2021
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This week on Facing the Future, we focused on the political environment facing President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA) now that it has passed the House and moved onto the Senate. Joining me in that discussion were The Concord…
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Can The Democrats Message “Yes”?

Nov 18, 2021
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This week on Facing the Future, we focused on the political arguments surrounding President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA) and specifically the concerns raised by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin – a fiscally conservative Democrat – over the cost…
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