Ode to the Hamburger
June 19, 2005
I agree with Lew’s assessment of the hamburger, although its best-known defender had to be Popeye’s friend, Wimpy, who did little else in those strips than eat and extol the virtues of the burger. Still, whenever I think of hamburgers, I am reminded of my law school days in Chicago. One of the best-known hamburger chains in that city had a long-standing pricing policy that read: “12 cents each, 8 for $1.00.”
Butler Shaffer was Professor Emeritus at Southwestern University School of Law. He is the author of In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918–1938, Calculated Chaos: Institutional Threats to Peace and Human Survival, and Boundaries of Order. His latest book is The Wizards of Ozymandias.
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