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The Monopolists

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What’s it about?

The Monopoly board game's origin story is a lie. This book uncovers the forgotten female radical who invented it to protest capitalism, and the corporate cover-up that erased her.

You’ll learn

  • Monopoly was invented by a feminist to teach Georgist economics
  • The game's origin story is a fabricated corporate myth
  • A community of Quakers created the Atlantic City board
  • An economics professor fought Parker Brothers to uncover the truth