Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
7.3
“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 · Andrew L. Young Cinematographer Josh Melrod Editor
United States release February 20, 2023 · Produced in United States
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Insignia Films
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · February 20, 2023
TV · PBS "American Experience"
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