The Knowledge Project Podcast Transcripts

Outliers: Rose Blumkin—Women of Berkshire Hathaway [The Knowledge Project Ep. #227]

It’s the 1950s in Omaha. Three well‑paid Mohawk‑Carpet attorneys square off against a four‑foot‑ten immigrant widow named Rose Blumkin. They accuse her of one outrageous act: selling carpet at prices ordinary people can afford.

I picture her adjusting her glasses, then telling the judge in a thick Russian accent:

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