Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
The game you know. The story you don't.
52 mins
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.
Josh Melrod
Editor
Amanda Pollak
Producer
Dominic Lounds
Associate Producer
Katie McHale
Production Coordinator
Susan Bellows
Producer
Ally Southwood-Smith
Assistant Editor
Cameo George
Executive Producer
Andrew L. Young
Director of Photography
Colleen Haggerty
Post Production Supervisor