Left Dissatisfied With Biden's Economic Policies Despite Some Macroeconomic Gains
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There are two ways to evaluate if an economy is good macroeconomic performance vs. quality of economic institutions. The Left tends to focus more on the latter.
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Biden achieved some fiscal stimulus but did not deliver on significant reforms to welfare, labor, etc. institutions. This disappoints the Left.
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High year-to-year income volatility means many suffer drops each year, even in a good economy. Under Biden, more have seen declines.
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Insisting the economy is obviously good and criticism is bad faith oversimplifies things. There are substantive grievances on the Left.
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Mocking dissatisfaction with the economy is unproductive. There are reasonable critiques from the Left's perspective.