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Listen to WLrN's Bright Lipp Place from NPR. politics podcast. I'm Tammer Keith I cover the White House. I'm As

Mahalid I also cover the White House. And longtime friend of the pod

NPR Chief Economics Correspondent Scott Horsley is here. Hi Scott

Scott. Great to be with y with you. And today we are looking back at the

year that was for the economy, that year being 2023. Asma you and I know

that President Biden has been working very hard to make the term,

Bidenomics stick.

Under my planet, and Bidenomics, we've creating a job as a whole.

That's Bidenomics.

That's Bidenomics in action.

Bonomics is just another way of saying restoring the American dream.

And also to convince people that it's a positive thing.

That's right and I think one of the confusing things about this term is what exactly it means.

I did a story some months ago and I spoke to the White House Communications Director Ben LeBold and I asked him about this and

essentially what he said to him is that this is a wrap around for a few things for a

couple of core pillars of the President's economic agenda, things like empowering workers, investing in America, and lowering

costs.

And it's that last issue that Republicans have jumped on.

They mock this term, they say that really it's a it's a sign

that Biden is embracing inflation and Biden is embracing rising costs and it's a

result of the president's economic agenda that people still feel, some folks, that the economy is not doing

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