Facing the Future

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

  1. -5 ДН.

    U.S. Debt Affects Us Now

    This week on Facing the Future, Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office discusses the economy, potential war costs and how the rapid growth of U.S. debt is already having a negative effect on the economy and living standards.

    45 мин.

  2. 11 МАР.

    Congress Needs a Plan for an Economic Shock

    This week on Facing the Future, Marc Goldwein, Senior Vice President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, outlines a "break glass in case of emergency" plan for the next economic shock.

    45 мин.

  3. 5 МАР.

    The Fiscal Uncertainty of War Costs

    This week on Facing the Future, we'll look at the potential cost of U.S. military operations in Iran, the President's State of the Union Address and our upcoming road trip to New Hampshire and Maine.

    45 мин.

  4. 25 ФЕВР.

    CBO Projects Record Debt

    This week on Facing the Future we discussed the latest budget and economic projections from the Congressional Budget Office with the agency's director Dr. Phillip Swagel. He describes why the national debt is headed for record territory and the fiscal fallout from the Supreme Court's decision to invalidate some of the President's tariffs.

    45 мин.

  5. 18 ФЕВР.

    Social Security Solvency Will Require Hard Choices

    This week on Facing the Future Wendell Primus, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former Senior Policy Advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, described his plan to keep the Social Security trust fund from becoming insolvent as soon as 2032. Some political pain will be required.

    45 мин.

  6. 10 ФЕВР.

    The Public Can Handle the Truth

    This week on Facing the Future, former Comptroller General of the United States and CEO of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) David Walker discussed his efforts to sound the alarm on the dangers of rising debt and unsustainable government commitments.

    45 мин.

  7. 3 ФЕВР.

    Congress Must Defuse the Debt Bomb

    This week on Facing the Future, Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute, explained the economic dangers of ignoring the nation's spiraling debt and suggested some Social Security and Medicare reforms that would help.

    45 мин.

  8. 27 ЯНВ.

    The Economy, Tariffs and Greenland

    This week on Facing the Future, former Ambassador to Denmark Richard Swett discusses a way forward on U.S. interests in Greenland and Alex Durante, senior economist at the Tax Foundation, evaluates the impact of President Trump's tariff agenda.

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

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    The Concord Coalition
  • Годы выхода
    2025 - 2026
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