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Facing The Future

Missed Opportunity Costs

Oct 9, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Senior Advisor at the Penn Wharton Budget Model Diane Lim joined me to discuss missed opportunity costs created by a large-and-growing national debt, perennial budget deficits and interest…
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Interactive Budgets

Oct 2, 2019
Special Guest: Phil Sletten
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On Facing the Future, Policy Analyst for the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Phil Sletten joined me to discuss interactive budget exercises, similarities and differences between state and federal budget processes and the impact federal policies can have on state…
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Making Fiscal Policy More Real, Relatable

Sep 18, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Alison Acosta Winters, Diane Lim
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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby joined me, Senior Policy Fellow in Economic Freedom at Americans for Prosperity Alison Acosta Winters and Senior Advisor at the Penn Wharton Budget Model Diane Lim. They discuss the…
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Boosting Productivity to Grow the Economy

Sep 11, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Dr. Robert Atkinson
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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby joined me and President of the Information, Technology and Innovation Foundation Dr. Robert Atkinson to discuss ITIF’s new plan that calls for and outlines an increased federal funding commitment to…
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Combating the Next Recession

Sep 4, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Marc Goldwein
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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby joined me and Senior Vice President at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Marc Goldwein to discuss CRFB’s latest proposal to combat the next recession in a fiscally…
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New CBO Report Shows Bigger Deficits

Aug 28, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby
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On the latest Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby returned to the program to discuss the Congressional Budget Office’s recently released Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029 and to provide some insight…
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Fiscal Lookouts

Aug 21, 2019
Special Guest: Phil Smith
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During Facing the Future, Concord Coalition National Field Director Phil Smith and three of Concord’s volunteer Fiscal Lookouts joined the program to discuss grassroots efforts in their respective states and their perspectives on federal fiscal policy. Joe Spartz, a…
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Covering the Campaign and White House

Aug 14, 2019
Special Guest: Josh Gordon, Eli Stokols
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On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Concord Coalition Policy Director Josh Gordon and then by Eli Stokols, a staff writer and White House reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Gordon discussed the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the…
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Paying for a Progressive Budget

Jul 31, 2019
Special Guest: Ben Ritz
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During the most recent Facing the Future, Ben Ritz, director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Center for Funding America’s Future, joined me to discuss PPI’s latest policy proposal, “A Progressive Budget for Equitable Growth.” The blueprint addresses a variety of…
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Good Compromise, Bad Compromise

Jul 24, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Josh Gordon
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During the most recent Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Policy Director Josh Gordon joined me to discuss action by Congress on the so-called “Cadillac Tax” within the Affordable Care Act and the news that…
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Adapting Benefits to the Changing Workforce

Jul 17, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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I was joined by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and economist Diane Lim on the latest Facing the Future for the “Economist Mom” segment. We discussed real world policy and program strategies that could adapt worker benefits to…
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Termites in the Walls

Jul 10, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Phil Smith
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During the most recent Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and National Field Director Phil Smith joined me to discuss Concord's updated election-issue guide for voters and presidential candidates, the Congressional Budget Office June budget review…
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