Biden aims to do what presidents often can't: Beat inflation
By PAUL WISEMAN, CATHY BUSSEWITZ and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — LBJ tried jawboning. Richard Nixon issued a presidential edict. The Ford administration printed buttons exhorting Americans to “Whip Inflation Now.’’ Over the years, American presidents have tried, and mostly floundered, in their efforts to quell the economic and political menace of consumer inflation. Now, President Joe Biden