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Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 20, 2023

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

68%

Original Title

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Production Companies

Insignia Films

Director

Stephen Ives

Description

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.