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

Spend a few minutes in worship reflecting on if you feel led to take a moral stand on something we take for granted. 

How do you balance honesty with kindness?

Has there been a time when you had to choose between the two?

Share your response!

Photo credit: “Stone Sky,” copyright James Turrell

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  • Jess Jiang

    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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