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.
Producer: Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives, Susan Bellows
Writer: Stephen Ives
Director: Stephen Ives
Director of Photography: Andrew L. Young
RUTHLESS: MONOPOLY'S SECRET HISTORY | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS | Trailer