Why most of the U.S. lacks high-speed rail infrastructure — and what Biden’s doing about it. Plus, Amazon tests out grocery delivery subscriptions.
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks with Kate Davidson at Bloomberg and Heather Long at the Washington Post about state of the labor market, if consumers are starting to feel better about the economy, and what an interest rate cut would do.
In November, the number of people who want to have full-time work but haven’t found it due to economic reasons declined by about 300,000.
In its bid for a bigger bite out of the $800 billion-a-year grocery market, the company is testing a new delivery subscription.
The Biden administration’s pouring billions into it, but that’s a drop in the bucket compared to the total cost.