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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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The Growing Cost of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Jul 27, 2022
Special Guest: Jason Beaubien, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, we examine the growing human and economic cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it grinds on into its 6th month. The war has pushed up fuel and food prices and helped lead to…
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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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David Gergen Says It’s Time for New American Leadership

Jul 6, 2022
Special Guest: David Gergen, Tori Gorman, Phil Smith
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In honor of the July 4th holiday, this week on Facing the Future, we are once again running our recent program with David Gergen,  advisor to four US presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton), CNN political commentator, and professor at Harvard’s…
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The DC Economic Conundrum

Jun 22, 2022
Special Guest: Steve Robinson, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, I am reminded of the words of Willie Nelson:  “Turn out the lights, the party’s over….” After 15 years of extremely low interest rates following the financial collapse of 2008 and the great recession…
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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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COVID Lingers. Have We Learned Any Lessons?

May 26, 2022
Special Guest: Dr. Jodie Guest, Av Harris, Phil Smith, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, we focus on the persistently lingering COVID 19 pandemic, as we appear to be in another national surge of infections, and have recently surpassed 1,000,000 deaths from the pandemic in the United States. The pandemic…
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Congress has a Tall Agenda and a Short Clock

May 12, 2022
Special Guest: Jon Lieber, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with one of the top experts on Congressional process and economic policy – Jon Lieber, managing director for the Eurasia Group’s United States Practice.   Lieber has extensive experience in top policy positions…
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First Quarter GDP: Down But Not Out

May 4, 2022
Special Guest: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at the state of the economy, including the first quarter GDP report, inflation expectations, the prospects for a "soft landing" as the Fed begins to tighten monetary policy, and whether there are…
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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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