Facing the Future

By: The Concord Coalition
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  • Summary

  • How the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges, and possible solutions, impact current and future generations.
    Copyright 2018 All rights reserved.
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Economics Management Political Science
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Episodes
  • Fiscal Impact of the Harris and Trump Plans

    Fiscal Impact of the Harris and Trump Plans
    Oct 31 2024

    This week on Facing the Future, we'll get a briefing from Marc Goldwein, Senior Vice President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, on the potential fiscal impact of the Harris and Trump campaign proposals. Concord Coalition Chief Economist Steve Robinson joins the conversation.
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    45 mins
  • Soft Landing On Inflation, Or A New Take-off?

    Soft Landing On Inflation, Or A New Take-off?
    Oct 25 2024

    This week on Facing the Future we discussed the interaction of fiscal and monetary policy with Dr. Thomas Hoenig, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and a member of the Federal Reserve System’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) from 1991 to 2011. We got his take on the Fed’s efforts to engineer a soft landing and the implications of high debt for the nation’s long-term budget and economic outlook. Concord Coalition chief economist Steve Robinson joined the conversation.
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    44 mins
  • Solutions Still Needed for Seven Fiscal Findings

    Solutions Still Needed for Seven Fiscal Findings
    Oct 18 2024

    This week on Facing the Future we begin with Social Security’s annual cost of living increase, announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA) on October 10. Then we looked at seven key findings from the 1994 bipartisan Kerrey-Danforth commission that are sadly still valid and still in need of solutions. Concord Coalition chief economist Steve Robinson, a former senior advisor at the SSA, joined me for the discussion.
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    45 mins

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