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Facing the Future

Radio Show & Podcast

About the Show

Hosted by Robert Bixby, Concord’s Senior Advisor and former Executive Director, the show dives into topics related to U.S. fiscal policy — like health care, taxes, national security, the national debt and more — with budget experts, industry leaders, elected officials and candidates for public office.

Listen to learn more about how the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges — and possible solutions — impact current and future generations.

The show is broadcast on Concord, New Hampshire radio station WKXL each week on Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m., with subsequent rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Sundays at 11:00 a.m.

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This week on Facing the Future, we'll discuss a new report on fraud by the Government Accountability Office, along with a review of the foreign aid spending bill and the latest news on the economy.

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This week on Facing the Future, we heard from three college students who recently took part in the annual Fiscal Challenge competition where teams from around the country devise and defend their own plans for putting the federal budget on…

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Apr 12, 2024
Special Guest: Marc Goldwein
This week on Facing the Future we previewed a coming tax mess that Congress created in 2017 when it passed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA). To limit the official estimated revenue loss of the bill, Congress scheduled many…

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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Chief Economist Steve Robinson discusses his new issue brief, "The Rhetoric and Reality of Taxing the Rich." Then we'll talk with Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute about his new column explaining…

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Mar 28, 2024
Special Guest: Teresa Cardinal Brown
This week on Facing the Future, we looked at the economics of immigration reform with Teresa Cardinal Brown, Senior Advisor for Immigration and Border Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Brown gave a comprehensive overview of the nation’s immigration system.…

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This week on Facing the Future, we heard from Zach Moller, director of the economic program at Third Way, a center-left think tank. Moller recently co-authored an issue brief titled “A Democratic Case for Fiscal Responsibility” and he made that…

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This week on Facing the Future we examined President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request, submitted to Congress on Monday, March 11. Our first guest was Dr. Josh Gordon, Director of Health Policy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal…

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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman and Chief Economist Steve Robinson joined me to preview President Biden’s State of the Union Address and his Fiscal Year 2025 budget. In looking at the upcoming budget,…

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This week on Facing the Future, we discussed the drawn-out Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process. Our guest was Bill Hoagland, Senior Vice President of the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Republican staff director of the Senate Budget Committee. He gave…

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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at the interaction of fiscal and monetary policy with Dr. Thomas Hoenig, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and a member of the Federal Reserve System’s Open Market…

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This week on Facing the Future, our guest was Dr. Phillip Swagel, Director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO just released its Budget and Economic Outlook for 2024-2034, which extends budget projections and economic forecasts over the…

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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at the latest economic numbers with a focus on jobs, wages, and interest rates. Our guest was Gordon Gray, Vice President for Economic Policy at the American Action Forum. Concord Coalition policy…

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