For generations, Monopoly has been America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and — for better or worse — the impulses that make our free-market society tick. But behind the myth of the game's creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession, and corporate double-dealing. Contrary to the folksy legend spread by Parker Brothers, Monopoly's secret history is a surprising saga that features a radical feminist, a community of Quakers in Atlantic City, America's greatest game company, and an unemployed Depression-era engineer. And the real story behind the creation of the game might never have come to light if it weren't for the determination of an economics professor and impassioned anti-monopolist.
Part detective story, part sharp social commentary, and part pop-culture celebration, Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History presents the fascinating true story behind America's favorite game.
Unfortunately it's not that fascinating a story .. lmao I miss when every show didn't need to include a social commentary about how evil everyone is. I'm sorry, Monopoly is a game played for fun and only in the minds of the creators of this show is it a great social disgrace.
No narrator was used in this episode.