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For reference, the game Monopoly was copied/adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game

> The game was created to be a "practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences". She based the game on the economic principles of Georgism, a system proposed by Henry George, with the object of demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants.



There is a fantastic 99% Invisible podcast on The Landlord's Game/Monopoly: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-landlords-game/. Highly recommended.




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