Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
MovieTitle | Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History |
User score | 6.8 |
Release date | Feb 20, 2023 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Stephen Ives |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Insignia Films |
Run time | 52 min. |
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.