# Lizzie Magie

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Who Really Invented Monopoly? The Story the Box Never Told

On this episode of Our American Stories, the story most people know about Monopoly is charming—and false. It was never just the invention of one down-on-his-luck salesman. The real roots of the game stretch back to a politically charged board game called The Landlord’s Game, created by a woman name…

Business Battles | Monopoly: Winner Takes All | 2

It's 1902 and political campaigner Lizzie Magie is fighting a losing battle. For years, she’s pushed the idea of a land-value tax, but fewer and fewer people are listening.So she’s going to try something new to spread the word. She’s going to make a board game – and not just any game. Magie’s game …

187. The Missing 120 Years: What Lizzie Magie Taught Us — and Why We Must Finish Her Work

For today’s episode, Honey B. Blues leads a discussion on what was lost when only the "winner-take-all" version of Lizzie Magie's The Landlord's Game was commercialized. Honey B. Blues is an independent economic researcher and the author of the upcoming book Independent Economics: The People’s Gui…

Marvin

Before there was Monopoly, there was another game that is nearly identical, down to the board layout, the properties, the railroads, the jail, and the rule about collecting money every time you pass start aka GO. Before Charles Darrow, there was someone, who didn't just stumble onto the idea at a d…

Quakers and Wealth

In this episode of Quakers Today, Peterson Toscano and Diana Yañez speak with Quaker Fran Brokaw about inherited wealth, family stories, grief, reparations, and the spiritual practice of releasing money. Fran describes inherited wealth as feeling like the dragon’s hoard in The Hobbit: treasure gua…

The Hidden History of Monopoly

Lizzie Magie created a game called the Landlord's Game back in 1903 to teach people about wealth and property control. She was tired of how a few landlords held all the power. Later, a guy named Charles Darrow took her game, sold it to Parker Brothers, and claimed he invented it. You might know it …

Business Battles | Monopoly: Winner Takes All | 2

It's 1902 and political campaigner Lizzie Magie is fighting a losing battle. For years, she’s pushed the idea of a land-value tax, but fewer and fewer people are listening.So she’s going to try something new to spread the word. She’s going to make a board game – and not just any game. Magie’s game …

195. Monopoly! The Real Story Behind America's Most Popular Game

For today’s episode, Mary Pilon, author of The Monopolists, explains how Monopoly began as a Georgist teaching tool. In 1904 Lizzie Magie patented The Landlord’s Game to show what happens when land rent goes to owners instead of the community. The game spread through single tax circles for thirty y…

SMNTY Classics: The Feminist History of Monopoly

Monopoly is one of the biggest games ever, a cutthroat competition of capitalism often inspiring family rules and bans. But the history of its originator, and its feminist creator, has long been buried. In this classic episode, SMNTY passes go and delves into The Landlord's Game, created by feminis…

Risk, Riskier, Riskiest

Thought Partners S3 E3: Risk, Riskier, Riskiest How do you feel about risk, and when is a risk worth taking? Ed and Paul take on a two-part question from Beth Ardner in the Thought Partners Discord. They start out wary of the word, find the risk hiding in staying put, and land somewhere more useful…