He’s calling his strategy “Bidenomics,” and it’s already become a central theme of his coming reelection campaign. But even though most voters consider it a strike against him, it’s smart politics for Biden to claim ownership of the economy. “Bidenomics in action,” the president crowed recently when the Labor Department reported 209,000 new jobs were created in June. Hence “Bidenomics,” a brassy way to claim authorship of a recovery most voters don’t see yet. “I would have liked more of a narrative about Joe Biden, Inflation Fighter,” said Will Marshall, president of the moderate Progressive Policy Institute.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 15, 2023 05:33 UTC