Checks and Balance: Growth states

<p>It’s not long since <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/03/14/americas-extraordinary-economy-keeps-defying-the-pessimists?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=checksandbalance&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">America was widely thought</a> to be on the brink of recession. Instead the economy expanded by 3% in 2023, and <a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/03/14/americas-economy-has-escaped-a-hard-landing?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=checksandbalance&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">continues to defy expectations</a>. But why aren’t voters happier with Joe Biden’s economy?&nbsp;</p><br /><p>John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon. They’re joined by <em>The Economist</em>’s Simon Rabinovitch and Neale Mahoney, professor of economics at Stanford University.&nbsp;</p><br /><p>Thank you to the William J. Clinton Library and the UVA Miller Center for some of the audio used in this episode.&nbsp;</p><br /><p><em>Sign up for a </em><a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=checksandbalance&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>free trial</em></a><em> of Economist Podcasts+. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48TlDbL-4vU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p><br /><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>