Erstellt am: 14. 11. 2012 - 13:45 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Monopoly is Theft
Have you ever played Monopoly? That lovely waste of time in which you anxiously attemtp to force your oponents into bankruptcy? The one whose gameplay briefly erupts into furious rounds of negotiations and business making only to end in massive income disparity and a increasingly rapid descent into poverty for most of the players?
It seems like a terrific way to teach generations of kids about the value of utterly dominating markets and the importance of rent seeking
Well, you mightbe surprised to find out that it was actually meant tot teach soemthing completely different.
Harpers has an excellent article on the history of the game. I can honestly say that it taught me something. Have you ever heard of Georgism?