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I'm Adrienne Ma.

And I'm Darren Woods.

A big part of Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election came down to the economy.

A vast majority of Americans think that the economy is not working in their interests.

Simon Rabinovich is U.S. economics editor for the weekly magazine The Economist.

The thing, though, is that when you look at America relative to other rich world countries,

to other developed advanced economies,

America is doing and has done remarkably well.

There's a disconnect there, right?

Millions of Americans' personal economies are not feeling good,

which is partly why Donald Trump made huge gains with voters across the country.

But as Simon points out, the U.S. economy as a whole is doing really well.

Today on the show, Simon lays out his argument for why the U.S. economy has been

and continues to be the envy of the world.

But also why, with the election of Donald Trump,

America's economic exceptionalism could be at risk.

Who's claiming power this election?

What's happening in battleground states?

And why do we still have the electoral college?

All this month, the ThruLine podcast is asking big questions about our democracy

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