Concord Action Concord Coalition

National Debt

Ff Tags
Search
Facing The Future

The Economic and Budgetary Challenges of Climate Change

Apr 20, 2022
Special Guest: Brian Keane
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
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…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Facing the Future in America’s Heartland

Mar 23, 2022
Special Guest: Phil Smith, Dr. Josh Gordon, Ben Ritz
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
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,…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

National Debt Outlook After Two Years of COVID

Mar 17, 2022
Special Guest: Brian Riedl, Wendy Edelberg
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we have a special edition of the program featuring excerpts from a recent panel discussion at the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership, and Public Service at the University of New Hampshire’s Franklin…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Acting Short and Thinking Long

Feb 17, 2022
Special Guest: David Lerman
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we take a deep dive into the broken federal budget appropriations process in Congress with journalist David Lerman, editor of Congressional Quarterly Budget (CQ Budget). Lerman previously covered national security, defense spending, and foreign…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

The 1992 Tsongas Campaign and the Birth of The Concord Coalition

Jan 6, 2022
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we kicked off the 30th anniversary of The Concord Coalition’s founding by talking with Kitty Kurth, a veteran of the 1992 Paul Tsongas presidential campaign who would later that year become the first ever…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

As 2021 Comes to a Close, Unfinished Business Dominates 2022 Congressional Agenda

Jan 4, 2022
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
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…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Political Dysfunction Confronts Inflation and Debt

Dec 17, 2021
Special Guest: Paul Hodes, Matt Robinson
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
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…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

The Arrhythmia of Federal Finances

Sep 22, 2021
Special Guest: Peter Fisher
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, Tori Gorman and I discussed balance sheets, risk, and the “arrhythmia of finance'' with Peter Fisher, Senior Fellow at the Center for Business, Government & Society at the Tuck School of Business at…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Negotiating Infrastructure as Concord Hits the Road

Sep 9, 2021
Special Guest: Carolyn Bordeaux,
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Big Budget Challenges Loom in September

Sep 3, 2021
Special Guest: Austin Smythe
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future our guest was Austin Smythe who has over 30 years of experience working in both the legislative and executive branches of the Federal government. Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman joined the conversation…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Why the Debt Limit Doesn’t Control the Debt

Jul 15, 2021
Special Guest: Susan Irving
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future we looked at the nation’s statutory debt limit. What is it? Why doesn’t it work to control the growing debt and are there viable alternatives? To get answers and perspectives, we talked to Susan…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Kerrey and Danforth: Address the Debt and Meet in the Middle

Jul 2, 2021
Special Guest: Bob Kerrey and Jack Danforth
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we welcomed back to the program Concord Coalition Co-Chairs, Bob Kerrey and Jack Danforth. The two former U.S. Senators discussed their recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, titled “How Long Can America Keep…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
1 2 3 4 … 9

Support Our Mission to Restore Fiscal Discipline

$25
$150
Other
The Concord Coalition Corp. is registered as a 501(c)(3) organization, as determined by the Internal Revenue Service, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law.
Jump to Content

You are leaving The Concord Coalition.

By clicking “Continue”, you will be directed to the website of Concord Action , an independent Concord 501(c)(4) organization.

You are leaving Concord Action.

By clicking “Continue”, you will be directed to the website of The Concord Coalition , an independent Concord 501(c)(3) organization.

Continue