Coffee With Jeff

It was the perfect great American success story; a down and out family man going from rags to riches with nothing more than his own ingenuity, inventing a game in his basement to support his family during the Depression. It was the story of the world’s most popular board game. Unfortunately, it was a lie. This week, we tell the story of Elizabeth J. “Lizzy” Magie; the real creator of the game! Show notes and links: Some see Bigfoot photo-bombing Michigan eagle’s nest cam (freep.com) Monopoly Was Invented By Charles Darrow (factmyth.com) Log In – The New York Times (nytimes.com) The Landlord’s Game – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) History of the board game Monopoly (wikipedia.org) A Primer on Henry George’s “Single Tax” (dollarsandsense.org) A place on the board (lady.co.uk) This Woman Invented Monopoly to Combat Greed (youtube.com) Mary Pilon: “The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind …” | Authors at Google (youtube.com) Anti-Monopoly – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) Amazon.com: The Monopoli