tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8625848498768700766..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Shaving Heads and Faces for a LivingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-8326317191644199002007-01-17T21:50:00.000-05:002007-01-17T21:50:00.000-05:00The Golden Ball Tavern in Boston in the 1720s wasn...The Golden Ball Tavern in Boston in the 1720s wasn't the same as the <a href="http://www.goldenballtavern.org/">Golden Ball Tavern in Weston</a> that became notorious to Whigs in the 1770s. I think a golden ball was just a simple tavern sign to hang. <br /><br />And yes, businessmen priced goods in the eighteenth century with a lot more collusion and guidance from the local government than we think is good today. Society then was still largely governed by the "moral economy," in which people demanded that prices match their idea of fairness rather than fluctuate according to supply and demand.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-10751444247996643032007-01-17T16:15:00.000-05:002007-01-17T16:15:00.000-05:00Two questions:
Was price-fixing an accepted approa...Two questions:<br />Was price-fixing an accepted approach to the market?<br />Was the Golden Ball Tavern the same facility which became a Tory hangout later in the century?<br />I am musing on the likelihood of the Golden Ball's having been an establishment hospitable to conservative practices over many years (if one can say that avoiding free-market pricing is a conservative practice) --Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com