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.
This week on Facing the Future, we began with a status check on the stalled appropriations process on Capitol Hill now that a new Speaker of the House has been selected. Our guest for that segment was Tom Kahn, who…
This week on Facing the Future we talked with former Congressman and Ambassador to Denmark Richard Swett about the work he’s been doing with a Princeton University initiative on restoring the Constitutional powers of Congress. Swett serves on a subcommittee…
This week on Facing the Future, we looked ahead to a “day of reckoning” that our guest, Eugene Steurele of the Urban Institute, says is coming for U.S. fiscal policy. We also got Gene’s take on why the budget is,…
This week on Facing the Future, we considered the possibility of a government shutdown. If Congress fails to agree on funding levels for the next fiscal year, which begins on October 1st, many government offices will need to close their…
This week on Facing the Future, we explored the idea of appointing a new bipartisan commission to find solutions to our nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. Our guest was Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute,…
This week on Facing the Future, we check in once again with Ben Ritz, who directs the Center for Funding America’s Future at the Progressive Policy Institute. Ben has written a number of new pieces recently including one entitled: “Why…