Cascade PBS Ideas Festival | The Journal: Economy Anxiety and the Election

There’s a striking disconnect between how Americans feel about the economy and the direction the economy is going. How will those feelings shape the 2024 election?  

As part of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, Kate Linebaugh and Ryan Knutson, co-hosts of podcast The Journal, sit down with The Wall Street Journal’s senior political correspondent Molly Ball for a robust discussion of the key issue that many voters rank at the top of their list when making decisions at the ballot box. 

The economy has historically taken a sizable role in determining political winners and losers, sometimes due to factors largely beyond the control of elected officials, with incumbents largely taking the blame