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Assessing the Risks of Rising Debt
Facing The Future

Assessing the Risks of Rising Debt

May 1, 2025
Special Guest: Ben Harris, Vice President and Director of Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
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Budget Gimmicks Don’t Fool the Economy
Facing The Future

Budget Gimmicks Don’t Fool the Economy

Apr 18, 2025
Special Guest: Jessica Riedl, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
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No Simple Solutions for Unsustainable Debt
Facing The Future

No Simple Solutions for Unsustainable Debt

Apr 10, 2025
Special Guest: Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
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Bonus Episode: Full Interview with Rep. Schweikert (R-AZ)
Facing The Future

Bonus Episode: Full Interview with Rep. Schweikert (R-AZ)

Apr 7, 2025
Special Guest: Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
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The Inflationary Risk of Rising Debt
Facing The Future

The Inflationary Risk of Rising Debt

Mar 20, 2025
Special Guest: Ernie Tedeschi, Economics Director, The Budget Lab at Yale
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Deficit Fix Requires Hard Choices Not Gimmicks
Facing The Future

Deficit Fix Requires Hard Choices Not Gimmicks

Mar 13, 2025
Special Guest: Douglas Elmendorf, Former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
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State Budgets and Examining ‘Replacement Rates’ for Social Security

Aug 19, 2022
Special Guest: Steve Robinson, Phil Smith, Av Harris, Phil Sletten
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In our first segment Concord’s communications director Av Harris and I  looked in detail at the New Hampshire state budget with Phil Sletten, research director for the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute. Later, national field director Phil Smith - who worked…
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Reconciliation Bill on Climate and Health Care Passes While Inflation Shows Signs of an Ebb

Aug 12, 2022
Special Guest: Steve Robinson, Tori Gorman
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The Senate’s version  is much smaller than the original House legislation. It would spend approximately $740 billion to help reduce prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, preserve affordable health insurance through Obamacare marketplace exchanges, and invest in clean energy technologies…
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CBO Long Term Budget Outlook: Rising Deficits, Debt, and Economic Challenges

Aug 3, 2022
Special Guest: Dr. Philip Swagel. Steve Robinson, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, we welcomed back Dr. Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to give us more insight and analysis following the CBO’s release of its annual long-term budget outlook last week. The Concord Coalition’s chief economist Steve…
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Facing The Future

Making the ‘Case’ in Congress for Fiscal Discipline

Jul 20, 2022
Special Guest: Ed Case, Phil Smith, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with Representative Ed Case of Hawaii, a leader of the House Blue Dog Coalition, about his sometimes lonely job of convincing his colleagues in both parties to pay for the programs they…
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Facing The Future

Social Security and Medicare Creep Towards Insolvency

Jun 15, 2022
Special Guest: Av Harris, Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
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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.…
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Facing The Future

Breaking Down the CBO 10-year Baseline

Jun 4, 2022
Special Guest: Tori Gorman, Steve Robison, Phil Smith, Av Harris
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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…
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