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

Oct 16, 2019
Oct 16, 2019
44 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby. They discuss Concord's new fiscally-responsible economic growth agenda, which concerns key topics like health care, workforce development, R&D investment, Social Security and immigration reform.

Oct 9, 2019
Oct 9, 2019
43 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby and Senior Advisor at the Penn Wharton Budget Model Diane Lim. They discuss missed opportunity costs created by a large-and-growing national debt, perennial budget deficits and interest on the debt.

Oct 2, 2019
Oct 2, 2019
45 min
Chase is joined on the show by New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Policy Analyst Phil Sletten. They discuss interactive budget exercises, similarities and differences between state and federal budget processes and the impact federal policies can have on state budget decisions.

Sep 25, 2019
Sep 25, 2019
44 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby, former Congressman and Ambassador Dick Swett and Wilson H. Taylor Resident Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute Joe Antos. They discuss bipartisanship, political dysfunction, a new report on health care reform from AEI and the Brookings Institution and more.

Sep 18, 2019
Sep 18, 2019
44 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby, Senior Policy Fellow in Economic Freedom at Americans for Prosperity Alison Acosta Winters and Senior Advisor at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, and Economist Mom, Diane Lim. They discuss the work of PWBM and AFP on economic and fiscal policy and determine that a new "Fiscal Wake-up Tour" is needed.

Sep 11, 2019
Sep 11, 2019
45 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby and President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Dr. Robert Atkinson. They discuss ITIF's recent plan calling for and outlining an increased commitment by the federal government to research and development.

Sep 4, 2019
Sep 4, 2019
43 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby and Senior Vice President at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Marc Goldwein. They discuss CRFB's recent proposal aimed at combating the next recession in a fiscally responsible manner.

Aug 28, 2019
Aug 28, 2019
44 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby. They discuss the Congressional Budget Office's updated, ten-year budget outlook and Bob provides an update on what is happening in Washington.

Aug 21, 2019
Aug 21, 2019
45 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition National Field Director Phil Smith and three of Concord's "Fiscal Lookouts" in Texas, Colorado and Minnesota. They discuss grassroots efforts in each state and their perspectives on federal fiscal policy.

Aug 14, 2019
Aug 14, 2019
45 min
Chase is joined on the show by Concord Coalition Policy Director Josh Gordon and Eli Stokols, a staff writer and White House reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Gordon discusses CBO's analysis of the impact various levels of federal debt could have on Gross National Product per capita, and Stokols shares what it is like being a journalist on the campaign trail and in the White House press pool.
