Facing the Future

By The Concord Coalition

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

Episode Date
The Bond Market Is Sending A Warning On Debt
Sep 09, 2026
Walking on a Fragile Fiscal Cliff
Aug 26, 2026
Social Security Needs Reform, Not A Bailout
Aug 20, 2026
Congress Needs To Do Its Job
Aug 12, 2026
Mark Zandi on the Economy and Corrosive Debt
Aug 05, 2026
The Debt Moves Closer to $40 Trillion
Jul 29, 2026
Fiscal Policies Have Abandoned the Young and the Working Class
Jul 23, 2026
Delaying Social Security Reform Increases Fiscal and Economic Risks
Jul 15, 2026
The Hard Choices of Health Care Reform
Jul 08, 2026
Deficit Dove Says The National Debt Matters More Than It Used To
Jul 01, 2026
GAO Warns on the Nation's Fiscal Health
Jun 24, 2026
Social Security's Turn For The Worse
Jun 17, 2026
Big Budget Decisions Require Public Input
Jun 11, 2026
Mobilizing the Public on the Deficit and Debt
Jun 03, 2026
Defense Increase Ask Is Short On Details
May 20, 2026
Congress Should Stop Fast-Tracking Higher Debt
May 13, 2026
Congress Does a Budget Resolution, One Year Late
May 06, 2026
College Students Are Up To The Fiscal Challenge
Apr 29, 2026
Are Democrats Backing "Slopulist" Tax Cuts?
Apr 22, 2026
Kicking the Can Down the Road, Again
Apr 15, 2026
Building an Achievable Fiscal Policy
Apr 08, 2026
Taxing Choices
Apr 01, 2026
Make the Debt Sustainable Again
Mar 25, 2026
U.S. Debt Affects Us Now
Mar 18, 2026
Congress Needs a Plan for an Economic Shock
Mar 11, 2026
The Fiscal Uncertainty of War Costs
Mar 05, 2026
CBO Projects Record Debt
Feb 25, 2026
Social Security Solvency Will Require Hard Choices
Feb 18, 2026
The Public Can Handle the Truth
Feb 10, 2026
Congress Must Defuse the Debt Bomb
Feb 03, 2026
The Economy, Tariffs and Greenland
Jan 27, 2026
Is Defense Spending Going Up?
Jan 21, 2026
Don't Mess With The Fed's Independence
Jan 13, 2026
The Urgency of Social Security Reform
Jan 07, 2026
Another Year Older and Deeper in Debt
Dec 24, 2025
Controlling Medicare Costs
Dec 16, 2025
New Leaders are Needed to Solve Old Problems
Dec 10, 2025
The Bond Market is King
Dec 03, 2025
Government Reopens With All The Same Problems
Nov 19, 2025
Untethered Fiscal Policy Challenges the Fed
Nov 12, 2025
Premium Subsidy Extension Should Be Paid For
Nov 05, 2025
What's Next For Tax Policy?
Oct 29, 2025
Huizenga and Peters Say No Budget No Pay
Oct 21, 2025
Economic Growth Alone Won't Reduce the Debt
Oct 15, 2025
Economic Fallout from the Shutdown
Oct 08, 2025
Expiring Subsidies and New Fees
Oct 01, 2025
The Debt is the Threat
Sep 24, 2025
The Economic Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Sep 17, 2025
Government Shutdown Looms
Sep 10, 2025
Rethinking a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution
Sep 03, 2025
Should Taxes Be Designated for Specific Purposes?
Aug 27, 2025
What Would a Debt-induced Crisis Look Like?
Aug 19, 2025
Are Social Security's Self-financing Days Ending?
Aug 13, 2025
On the Brink of a Recession
Aug 06, 2025
The Budgetary Pressures of Social Security and Medicare
Jul 28, 2025
Is Congress Giving Up its Power of the Purse?
Jul 23, 2025
Plan Now for a Fiscal Crisis
Jul 14, 2025
Medicare's Growing Cost
Jul 08, 2025
A Big Bill but an Economic Bust
Jun 30, 2025
Tax Cuts are Easy. Offsets are Hard.
Jun 25, 2025
A High Noon Moment for the Power of the Purse
Jun 18, 2025
Debt Concerns Haunt "Big Beautiful Bill"
Jun 10, 2025
What's Behind the Greenland Pitch?
Jun 03, 2025
The Budget is Big, but is it Beautiful?
May 28, 2025
Is Trump Repeating Biden's Mistakes?
May 20, 2025
House Republicans Show Their Cards on the Tax Bill
May 14, 2025
As Students Tackle the Debt, Congress Blinks
May 08, 2025
Assessing the Risks of Rising Debt
May 01, 2025
High Tariffs Are High Risk
Apr 24, 2025
Budget Gimmicks Don't Fool the Economy
Apr 18, 2025
No Simple Solutions for Unsustainable Debt
Apr 10, 2025
Bonus Episode: Full Interview with Rep. Schweikert (R-AZ)
Apr 07, 2025
U.S. Debt is Headed for Record Level
Apr 03, 2025
The Federal Budget Lacks Fiscal Sanity
Mar 27, 2025
The Inflationary Risk of Rising Debt
Mar 20, 2025
Deficit Fix Requires Hard Choices Not Gimmicks
Mar 13, 2025
Trump’s Balanced Budget Pitch Doesn’t Add Up
Mar 06, 2025
Creating a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund?
Feb 28, 2025
Real Budget Savings or Mere Illusions?
Feb 20, 2025
Beware of the Bond Vigilantes
Feb 14, 2025
Who Has the Power of the Purse?
Feb 07, 2025
Budget Disciple Requires Political Will
Jan 30, 2025
Daunting Debt Projections Greet Trump Administration
Jan 23, 2025
Moving Beyond Zombie Rule of the Budget
Jan 17, 2025
Republicans Consider Their Budget Options
Jan 09, 2025
What's Up With Healthcare Costs?
Jan 03, 2025
Thoughts on the Year Ahead
Dec 30, 2024
Congress Considers a Social Security Windfall
Dec 20, 2024
Fiscal Responsibility Can Grow the Economy
Dec 13, 2024
Medicare Cost Growth is Not Just Baby Boomers
Dec 06, 2024
The 2025 Agenda: Debt and Taxes
Nov 22, 2024
Will Trump's Campaign Promises be Enacted?
Nov 15, 2024
Why the Debt Matters
Nov 08, 2024
Fiscal Impact of the Harris and Trump Plans
Oct 31, 2024
Soft Landing On Inflation, Or A New Take-off?
Oct 25, 2024
Solutions Still Needed for Seven Fiscal Findings
Oct 18, 2024
Federal Interest Expense Ballooned in FY 2024
Oct 11, 2024
Deficits and Debt in Uncharted Territory
Oct 04, 2024
The Fed Makes Its Move
Sep 27, 2024
A Radically Pragmatic Plan to Pay for Progress
Sep 20, 2024