like, he has focused pretty strongly on economic concerns of average New Yorkers! especially inflation and cost of living! but pundits citing pollsters have a tendency to be like "dems should move to the center in order to show improvements in economic management to the median voter"
Economy has always been the scarecrow of all politicians. It's still mostly a masquerade that lost its straws to the ravens they claim it will chase.
I would never vote for a party who promised to make the economy better. That's not a political program. A good political program is about answering the needs of your citizens. That is what politicians should be good at. If you get this, the economy will follow. 1/..
If you try to do the reverse, it can look like it's working until you find out there are just bubbles in the pipes. Money is too much of a fungible instrument to be a good measure of the health of a society, let alone a mean of control. 2/2
GDP is a refuge for scoundrels
There is wisdom in this: focus on answering the needs of your citizens and the economy will follow.