Paul Krugman’s (and many Democrats’) beliefs about the economy and crime miss the reality that Americans still experience.

I am a big fan of almost everything Paul Krugman writes, and I cheered his warnings that America didn’t need to be pushed into recession to cool inflation and his proposed policies to get it to a “soft landing.”

But I worry now that both Krugman and President Biden will conclude that the success of the administration’s macroeconomic policies was also a success with ordinary Americans. It wasn’t, if you looked at how much they struggled financially in this inflationary era. Their rating the economy as “poor” was not a dystopian view shaped by conservative media and politicians.

It turns out that Krugman makes the same case against MAGA Republicans on immigration and crime. He is wrong there, too. And looking at the reality will put Democrats in a much better position to address the top issues in this election.

The full article can be read at The American Prospect.