National Play Monopoly Day

THE HOLIDAY: Today (November 19) is National Play Monopoly Day. Before you sit down to monopolize all those utilities, railroads and real estate, take a moment to see why the game was invented. The original Monopoly game concept was developed in 1903 by Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips as an educational tool to illustrate the negative impact of concentrating land in single monopolies. The original name of the game was ‘The Landlords Game.‘ Several variations of the game all with the goal of buying, selling and developing land were also produced. More

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