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Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

202352m
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2023

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52m

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Storyline

"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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
52m
Feb 20, 2023
Languages
English
Director
Stephen Ives
Stephen Ives
Production
Insignia Films
Insignia Films
Production Countries
United States of America
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