Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

"The game you know. The story you don't."
  • 2023
  • 0 hr 52 min
  •  6.9  (10)
  •   Released

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.

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
RUTHLESS: MONOPOLY'S SECRET HISTORY | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS | Trailer

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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.
  • Release Date
    2023
  • Runtime
    0 hr 52 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    6.9  (10)