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Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
2023 · Film · documentary · 52 min
Directed by Stephen Ives
America’s favorite board game, Monopoly, is a love letter to unbridled capitalism and the impulses that make our free-market society tick. Contrary to the folksy legend spread by Parker Brothers, Monopoly’s origin involves a radical feminist and a community of Quakers in Atlantic City. If not for the determination of an economics professor and impassioned anti-monopolist, the real story behind the creation of the game might never have come to light.
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The documentary called "Ruthless: monopoly's secret history" covers this story quite well. It's streaming for free on SBS in Australia and PBS in the US
The documentary called Ruthless: monopoly's secret history covers all this quite well. It's on SBS in Australia and PBS in the US