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Biden’s Choose Your Own Adventure Economy

Yes, experts agree the economy is technically great. But it’s also very weird: gas prices are down and wages are up, but so is rent, car insurance, groceries, and just about every product Americans encounter on a daily basis. If that’s what voters are associating with “Bidenomics,” well, Biden is in big trouble.

Prices are simply a huge drag for Joe Biden.
Prices are simply a huge drag for Joe Biden. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
November 28, 2023

Considering the glut of bad news he’s endured in recent months, President Biden actually had a pretty good holiday weekend: wandering the cobbled streets of Nantucket with his family, visiting a bookshop, and doing some shopping, before watching the island’s annual Christmas tree lighting and enjoying a Thanksgiving feast at the compound of Carlyle billionaire David Rubenstein. Nice lil’ Thursday, right?