How Quakers Invented the Price Tag
“The Quakers thought charging different people different prices for the same thing was morally wrong. So they did this radical thing. In a Quaker store, they said, ‘Each item has one price. The price is just the price.'”
— Jess Jiang, 2018
Host of Planet Money
Today’s Invitation
Spend a few minutes in worship reflecting on if you feel led to take a moral stand on something we take for granted.
This Week’s Query
How do you balance honesty with kindness?
Has there been a time when you had to choose between the two?
Photo credit: “Stone Sky,” copyright James Turrell
Author
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Jess Jiang is a Senior Supervising Editor for Planet Money. Jiang got her start in public radio at Studio 360. She earned a degree in economics and environmental studies at Yale University.
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