After four years as Vice President Kamala Harris, candidate Harris is charting her own economic

path forward.

From Marketplace, I'm Sabrie Benashore, in for David Brancaccio.

The Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago today with a prime time speech from President

Biden and while Democrats will be touting his administration's accomplishments, Vice President Kamala Harris's economic message to

voters is taking a slightly different tone than what we've heard the last four years.

Marketplace's Nova Safo has more from Chicago.

From the start, the Biden administration has Nova Safo has more from Chicago.

From the start, the Biden administration has been focused on things such as avoiding a second

recession which would have derailed the pandemic recovery.

And on that score, one could argue that they've succeeded.

We have the best economy in the world right now.

We had the best COVID economic response.

Caitlin Legaki was a senior advisor in Biden's Commerce Department, but she concedes

that the administration did initially miss an important detail.

The macro economy doesn't necessarily translate to the micro level.

When you're talking to families and real Americans, they're not really interested in how

their standing compares to Europeans. They care about what's happening in their own pocketbook.

And so I think early on we probably could have been more responsive to that.

Legaki says Kamala Harris's campaign has learned from that misstep.

She's now proposing things like limits on grocery price increases and down payment assistance

for first-time homebuyers.

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