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The Henry George School

 

The Henry George Museum

 

Who Was Henry George?

An introduction to the man whose historical works form the basis for our courses.

The History of Monopoly

See Tom Forsyth's comprehensive "MONOPOLY AND LANDLORD'S GAME - A HISTORICAL REVIEW" http://web.archive.org/web/20071019020813/tt.tf/gamehist/mon-index.html See also "THE MONOPOLIZATION OF MONOPOLY - THE $500 BUYOUT" by Burton H. Wolfe ©1976 The San Francisco Bay Guardian http://www.adena.com/adena/mo/mo13.htm

"The Monopolization of Monopoly The $500 Buyout"

"... Parker bought out Lizzie Magies's game. Bought it from her for $500 flat - no royalties - and a promise to manufacture some sets under its original title, The Landlord's Game. Forty years later Parker Brothers president Barton told the story of it in his sworn deposition taken as part of the Anti-Monopoly lawsuit proceedings. "We (Parker Bros.) knew that Charles Darrow had based his game Monopoly on both The Landlord's Game and possibly something of this kind [referring to Dan Layman's Finance]. ....."