The Surprising Origin of Monopoly (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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One of the most popular board games in the world is Monopoly. Millions of copies of the game have been sold and thousands of different versions have been published. However, the origins of the game are not what most people think. In fact, the game was originally designed not as a way for people to win by amassing properties but rather to demonstrate why that was a bad idea. Learn more about the surprising origins of Monopoly, one of the most popular board games in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Plan your next trip to Spain at Spain.info! Sign up at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year plus $20 off your first order! Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:04.0	One of the most popular board games in the world is Monopoly.
0:10.0	Millions of copies of the game have been sold and thousands of different versions have been published.
0:15.0	However, the origins of the game are not what most people think.
0:19.0	In fact, the game was originally designed not as a way for people to win by amassing properties,
0:24.8	but rather to demonstrate why that was a bad idea.
0:28.3	Learn more about the surprising origins of Monopoly,
0:31.2	one of the most popular board games in history,
0:33.4	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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