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Dec 8, 2023

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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.

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The Weekly Wrap

“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.

More part-time workers are finding full-time gigs

Dec 8, 2023
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.
Retail is one sector where previously part-time workers are finding full-time work.
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Amazon makes a bigger bet on consumer appetite for grocery delivery

Dec 8, 2023
In its bid for a bigger bite out of the $800 billion-a-year grocery market, the company is testing a new delivery subscription.
"Nobody makes money on (grocery delivery)," says Phil Lempert, editor of Supermarket Guru. "It's more of a way to build a relationship with people."
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images

High-speed rail — environmentally friendly and popular worldwide — has a hard time in the U.S.

Dec 8, 2023
The Biden administration's pouring billions into it, but that's a drop in the bucket compared to the total cost.
Though high-speed rail is common in Europe and Asia, most Americans lack access to it.
Bastien Inzaurralde/AFP via Getty Images

Music from the episode

Reap What You Sow daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra
Outer Sunset Tycho
Sound Is Vibration Atmosphere, Slug, Ant
Chameleon Emancipator, 9 Theory
Big Calm Morcheeba

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Andie Corban Producer I
Sarah Leeson Producer I
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II
Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I
Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer