What’s driving rental car prices so high? - a podcast by Marketplace

Planning on renting a car this Memorial Day weekend? It’s going to cost you. A lot of people have been unpleasantly surprised lately when trying to book rental cars, with average rates now topping out around $134 a day. On today’s show: Three reasons why rental car prices are surging. Also on the show: Nearly half of U.S. states are cutting federal jobless benefits short, what corporate governance has to do with climate change, and we take a tour of a “ghost kitchen.”

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