Monopoly has been in the news a fair amount this week in the run up to its so-called 80th anniversary. The only problem is that the game is much older, according to journalist Mary Pilon, and the origin story hawked by the game's owners is leaps and bounds from the way it really went down.
The true - and downright bizarre - origin story of Monopoly is the subject of Pilon's new book, 'The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game.
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