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Facing The Future

Rethinking Legal Immigration: A Tool for Economic Growth

Jun 12, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Jacqueline Varas
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During the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and American Action Forum Director of Immigration and Trade Policy Jacqueline Varas. We discussed Concord's new initiative, a fiscally responsible economic growth agenda,…
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Bold Reforms Needed for Changing Economy

Jun 5, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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During the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and economist Diane Lim for the next “Economist Mom” segment. We continued our conversation on the changing economy, discussing how demographics have shifted…
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Alice Rivlin: Remembering an Economic Patriot

May 28, 2019
Special Guest: Phil Smith, Diane Lim, Alison Acosta Winters
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On the latest Facing the Future, Alice Rivlin is remembered as a valued colleague, a trailblazer and a policy expert focused on bringing people together and making progress on important issues. Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby hosted a…
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Washingtonian Policy and The Evolving Economy

May 14, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Josh Gordon, Diane Lim
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The latest Facing the Future featured Robert L. Bixby, Josh Gordon and “Economist Mom” Diane Lim. They discussed potential tax extender legislation in Congress, a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis concerning interest on the national debt, and how the…
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Fiscal Therapy with Bill Gale

Apr 15, 2019
Special Guest: Bill Gale, Diane Lim, Robert L. Bixby
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The latest “Economist Mom” segment on Facing the Future, featured Bill Gale, Diane Lim and Robert L. Bixby. They discussed Gale’s new book, “Fiscal Therapy: Curing America’s Debt Addiction and Investing in the Future.” “The book focuses on two major…
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Trump’s Budget: Rosy or Realistic?

Mar 18, 2019
Special Guest: Diane Lim
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During the latest “Economist Mom” segment on Facing the Future, Diane Lim said that President Trump’s proposed budget is not likely to spark needed fiscal reform efforts. “I think that those efforts have to start in a bipartisan way in…
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An Academic Perspective

Mar 10, 2019
Special Guest: Wayne Lesperance, Stephan Unger
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Wayne Lesperance, vice president of academic affairs and professor at New England College, and Stephan Unger, a professor of economics and business at Saint Anselm College, joined the latest Facing the Future program to discuss political and civic engagement of college…
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Congress, Get Woke on Immigration

Feb 13, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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Economist Diane Lim hopes that Washington policymakers “will somehow become woke and enlightened and . . . say, ‘Hey you know what? We need to focus more on our economy and to do more of what would help our economy…
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Economist Mom: The Psychology of Deficit Reduction

Dec 11, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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In the latest "Economist Mom" segment on Facing the Future, Diane Lim discussed some of the reasons that politicians and the public are often overly optimistic about federal deficits and the economy. “Traditional economic theory would say. . .people should…
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Economist Mom Explains Obama Era Fiscal and Economic Policy

Nov 13, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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Having entered the White House in the midst of the Great Recession, then President Obama spent much of his time in office trying to deal with the weakened economy. Tax cuts and stimulus spending measures contributed to high federal deficits…
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Defend or Defund Our Future?

Oct 23, 2018
Special Guest: Shai Akabas, Robert Bixby, Ben Ritz
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“Most people recognize the fact that we have a major challenge in America today,” says Shai Akabas of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). “People are living longer and it is getting more and more difficult to save for retirement.” In…
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Welcoming ‘Economist Mom’

Oct 2, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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The latest “Facing the Future”  introduced a semi-monthly segment entitled “Economist Mom,” with Diane Lim, a principal at District Economics Group and former chief economist for The Concord Coalition. Lim wrote the Economist Mom blog when she was with Concord.…
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