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MAGA media outlets and pro-Donald Trump Republicans continue to claim that the U.S. economy is in terrible shape under President Joe Biden, but according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the United States’ unemployment rate in November 2023 was only 3.7 percent. Liberal economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has had a lot to say about the “disconnect” between how the U.S. economy is doing and how American voters think it’s doing — a theme he addresses in a conversation with his colleague Peter Coy. During a discussion published in Q&A form in the Times’ opinion sectio…

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