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Facing The Future

Facing the Future in America’s Heartland

Mar 23, 2022
Special Guest: Phil Smith, Dr. Josh Gordon, Ben Ritz
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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,…
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COVID Makes a Mess of Economic Data

Feb 3, 2022
Special Guest: Mark Zandi
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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman and I spoke with Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, to help us parse through recent economic data crosscurrents, seemingly buffeted by the effects of the Omicron…
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A ‘New Normal’ for COVID-19?

Jan 26, 2022
Special Guest: Dr. Michael Osterholm
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This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, one of the world’s leading experts on infectious disease and epidemiology. Osterholm is the Director of the University’s Center for…
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Plowing Through the ‘Wintry Mix’ on Jobs Report

Jan 13, 2022
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This week on Facing the Future, we plowed through the ‘Wintry Mix’ contained in the December jobs report put out by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and its implications for the economic outlook and the 2022 Congressional agenda. Our…
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As 2021 Comes to a Close, Unfinished Business Dominates 2022 Congressional Agenda

Jan 4, 2022
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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…
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Political Dysfunction Confronts Inflation and Debt

Dec 17, 2021
Special Guest: Paul Hodes, Matt Robinson
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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…
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New Health Benefits, But for How Long?

Dec 3, 2021
Special Guest: Joshua Gordon
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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman and I spoke to Joshua Gordon, Director of Health Policy for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget about some of the health care provisions that are contained…
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If Your Taxes Go Up, Will You Know It?

Nov 24, 2021
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This week on Facing the Future, we focused on the political environment facing President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA) now that it has passed the House and moved onto the Senate. Joining me in that discussion were The Concord…
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Can The Democrats Message “Yes”?

Nov 18, 2021
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This week on Facing the Future, we focused on the political arguments surrounding President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA) and specifically the concerns raised by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin – a fiscally conservative Democrat – over the cost…
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Building Back Better Bang for the Buck

Nov 12, 2021
Special Guest: Kent Smetters
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This week on Facing the Future, we explored the potential economic effects of President Biden’s Build Back Better Framework, as released by the White House on October 28th, 2021, and the cost of making its temporary provisions permanent. Our guest…
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Democratic Supply-Side Economics

Nov 4, 2021
Special Guest: Bill Gale
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This week on Facing the Future, we discussed the economic strengths and weaknesses of the Build Back Better Act now making its way through Congress. Democrats are pushing to finalize this broad social spending and climate change bill, which would cost…
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A Wealth of Tax Problems

Oct 28, 2021
Special Guest: Pete Davis
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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at various proposals on how to pay for the roughly $2 trillion social spending bill that Democrats hope to pass soon. These proposals include familiar ideas like raising rates on corporations…
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