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Long Haul Trucking Means Better Prices For Consumers, But Drivers Suffer Low Wages

Sep 10, 2020 at 04:08 PM CST

The stuff that you buy in stores - clothes, food, electronics - almost all of it got there on a truck. Long-haul trucking is getting cheaper, and that's good for consumers. It means stuff is cheaper. But it's not so good for truck drivers because this is happening at their expense. Here's Keith Romer from Planet Money.