Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Instead, prepare to learn that everything you thought you knew about the history of the game of "Monopoly" is wrong. KG: I want to start with what we think we know ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Monopoly. More than 1 billion players have enjoyed Monopoly around the world, and the classic characters, iconic tokens and chance to own it all continue to ...

Feb. 17—Stephen Ives says the majority of Americans have sat down to play the board game Monopoly. "We can all probably count on one hand how many times we've actually finished it and declared a ...

The game Charles Darrow sold in the 1930s bore a striking resemblance to a game Lizzie Magie patented in 1904. In The Monopolists, Mary Pilon... Ever Cheat At Monopoly? So Did Its Creator: He Stole ...

Michael George unpacks the hidden truth behind Monopoly's origin, revealing how Lizzie Magie created the game that inspired it. Journalist Mary Pilon and collector Tom Forsyth explain how Magie's anti ...

A man named Louis Thun came across a story about the legacy of the late Charles Darrow, the unemployed salesman credited with the invention of Monopoly in the depths of the Great Depression, and sent ...

The board game “Monopoly” can be an awful lot of fun if you own Boardwalk and Park Place. Not quite so much, however, if you’re the one who lands on those spaces. “Monopoly” went on sale under that ...

In the early 1900s, a progressive economist named Henry George advocated the “single tax,” based on his belief that “individuals should own 100% of what they made or created but that everything found ...

I know, I know. How much more is there to discuss about Monopoly, the classic, down-home American board game that launched a thousand grudges? Well, I hope there’s at least an article’s worth, because ...

Monopoly can be pretty addictive once you start playing it, right? Well, for author and journalist Mary Pilon, searching for the game's true origins proved just as consuming. She writes: The result of ...