Facing the Future

The Concord Coalition

How the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges, and possible solutions, impact current and future generations.

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    Deficit Dove Says The National Debt Matters More Than It Used To

    This week on Facing the Future, Bobby Kogan of the Center for American Progress explains why the national debt matters more than it used to and why artificial intelligence is not likely to fix the problem.

    44 min

  2. 24 juin

    GAO Warns on the Nation's Fiscal Health

    This week on Facing the Future, we hear why the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is warning the President and Congress that urgent and sustained action is needed to improve the nation's fiscal outlook. Jeff Arkin, Director of Strategic Issues at GAO, is our guest.

    45 min

  3. 17 juin

    Social Security's Turn For The Worse

    This week on Facing the Future, Mark Warshawsky of the American Enterprise Institute explains why the projected finances of both Social Security and Medicare were substantially worse in the 2026 trustees report than they were last year and why early action is the best way to prevent sudden cuts.

    45 min

  4. 11 juin

    Big Budget Decisions Require Public Input

    This week on Facing the Future, G. William Hoagland, Senior Vice President of the Bipartisan Policy Center, lays out the case for public engagement on major budget decisions, gives an update on the federal budget and reacts to the new Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports.

    44 min

  5. 3 juin

    Mobilizing the Public on the Deficit and Debt

    This week on Facing the Future, host Bob Bixby joins Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Jonathan Silver of Affinity Solutions and Andrew Lewis of the University of Cincinnati's Portman Center in a panel discussion on strategies for getting the public to put deficit reduction on the political agenda.

    45 min

  6. 20 mai

    Defense Increase Ask Is Short On Details

    This week on Facing the Future, Todd Harrison of the American Enterprise Institute lays out the pros and cons of the president's request for a 50 percent increase in the defense budget.

    44 min

  7. 13 mai

    Congress Should Stop Fast-Tracking Higher Debt

    This week on Facing the Future, former U.S. Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) explains why he supports a new fiscal commission as a way of finding solutions to the nation's growing debt and how reinstating the "Conrad rule" in the Senate would help.

    44 min

  8. 6 mai

    Congress Does a Budget Resolution, One Year Late

    This week on Facing the Future, Molly Reynolds of the Brookings Institution explains why the budget resolution recently passed by Congress is highly unusual and a year behind schedule.

    44 min
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How the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges, and possible solutions, impact current and future generations.

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  • Créateur
    The Concord Coalition
  • Années d’activité
    2025 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    100
  • Classement
    Tout public
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