Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
2023
6.9 (11)
52 min
English
The game you know. The story you don't.
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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Stephen Ives · Director, Writer
Andrew L. Young · Cinematographer
Josh Melrod · Editor
Amanda Pollak · Producer
Susan Bellows · Producer
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