New presidents often put out a "skinny budget" early in their administration covering just a portion of federal spending. This week on Facing the Future, we look at President Biden's skinny budget with its $1.5 trillion request for fiscal year 2022 appropriations. Then we delve into a full range of economic and other challenges posed by population aging. Our guest is Richard Jackson, president of the Global Aging Institute.
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State Budgets and Examining ’Replacement Rates’ for Social Security
Reconciliation Bill on Climate and Health Care Passes While Inflation Shows Signs of an Ebb
CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook: Rising Deficits, Debt and Economic Challenges
The Growing Cost of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Making the ’Case’ in Congress for Fiscal Discipline
Budget Reconciliation Package for Biden Domestic Agenda has a Pulse
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The DC Economic Conundrum
Social Security and Medicare Creep Towards Insolvency
David Gergen: It’s time for Baby Boomers to Pass the Baton
Breaking Down the 10-year CBO Federal Budget Baseline
COVID Lingers. Have We Learned Any Lessons?
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Congress has a Tall Agenda and a Short Clock
First Quarter GDP: Down But Not Out
How the Younger Generation Views Fiscal Sustainability
The Economic and Budgetary Challenges of Climate Change
Students Tackle the Debt and Inflation Remains High
Revisiting Immigration in Light of the Ukraine Crisis
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