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WASHINGTON, DC – The Concord Coalition today welcomed the deficit reduction goals of the Democratic Climate, Tax and Health Care bill, but cautioned that the heavily back-loaded na

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This week on Facing the Future, we welcomed back Dr.

Recession chatter reached a fever pitch this week when, on July 28, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its preliminary (advance) estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter

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 spiraling inflation both in the United States and abroad. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its

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 want, and put the debt on a sustainable path.

This week on Facing the Future, we once again prove the old adage that if you don’t like the way the political winds are blowing in Washington DC, just wait 5 minutes.

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 Kennedy school of Government where he

With the recent onslaught of crisis-driven news—everything from 40-year high inflation, war in Ukraine, Supreme Court rulings, and mass killings—it is easy to forget some festering problems that lawmakers have ignored for years.