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Facing the Future

Facing the Future

Written by: The Concord Coalition
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 How the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges, and possible solutions, impact current and future generations.Copyright 2018 All rights reserved. Economics Management Management & Leadership Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Congress Must Defuse the Debt Bomb

    Congress Must Defuse the Debt Bomb
    Feb 3 2026
    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.
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    45 mins
  • The Economy, Tariffs and Greenland

    The Economy, Tariffs and Greenland
    Jan 27 2026

    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.
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    45 mins
  • Is Defense Spending Going Up?

    Is Defense Spending Going Up?
    Jan 21 2026
    This week on Facing the Future we examined developments on the national security front with Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution and author of a timely new book called “To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution”
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    45 mins
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