# Lizzie Magie

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Board Game Monopoly Gets Invented

A very progressive woman named Lizzie Magie (MA-gee) worked for years to develop a boardgame that would teach that we really don't want people to own property, and then charge enormous amounts of money to let others use it.  Although she did tons of work, (e.g. got a patent, then another (on an upd…

Monopoly

Who are Lizzie Magie and Charles Darrow? Which properties are landed on the most? What is going on with Jon’s Ice Capades?? Find out all this and more as Jon and Marisa get competitive with Monopoly this week On Brand! Join our Patreon to support us and get access to a weekly episode of Off Brand …

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…