Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
“The game you know. The story you don't.”
2023•52m•6.9•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Stephen Ives
Writer
Stephen Ives
Languages
English
Studio
Insignia Films
Production
Company
Insignia Films
Producer
Amanda Pollak
Producer
Stephen Ives
Producer
Susan Bellows
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