Buying real estate and driving other players into bankruptcy — that's how the world-famous board game Monopoly works. But its creator had a different mission: She dreamed of a world in which equality ...

Before Monopoly made millions, a woman invented the game. And almost no one knew her name. In 1903, American game designer ...

People think Monopoly was born of the Great Depression. But as author Mary Pilon discovered, Monopoly was actually created as a leftwing teaching tool around the Gilded Age. Mary Pilon, author of The ...

If you’re a fan of Monopoly, do not pass go but head directly to the bookshelf and pick up “Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game — and How It Got That Way.” If you have even a passing interest in ...