“The economy” is a nebulous term, like “the environment”. Looking at it from the perspective of workers, a high-wage economy is a good economy. From the perspective of capitalists, a high-growth economy is good. There’s no objective measure of what a good/bad economy is, and if we allow capitalists to dictate the terms of what a “good economy” is then the left will continue to be pushed out of economic discussions, to the detriment of workers.