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How a Fight Over a Board Game Monopolized an Economist's Life (2009)

17 pointsby ganeumannover 10 years ago

4 comments

mullingitoverover 10 years ago
Wow, Hasbro was remarkably petty: &gt; Meanwhile, Parker Brothers filed for, and won, a court order to &quot;deliver up for destruction&quot; 37,000 copies of the board game from Prof. Anspach&#x27;s warehouse. Parker Brothers, he says, buried the games near a rural Minnesota landfill. &quot;It was depressing,&quot; says Prof. Anspach.<p>&gt;The spokeswoman for Hasbro said that these events were many years ago, and that she can&#x27;t verify the games&#x27; fate. &quot;If Parker Brothers did indeed destroy the games, it was pursuant to the court&#x27;s explicit order,&quot; she said in an email response.<p>After they asked for and received permission to destroy his inventory, they try to push the blame for their actions back on the court. Classy.
nfriedlyover 10 years ago
My family has a copy of anti-monopoly, it&#x27;s a fun game.<p>Here&#x27;s some basic info: <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1931/anti-monopoly" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boardgamegeek.com&#x2F;boardgame&#x2F;1931&#x2F;anti-monopoly</a>
Udo_Schmitzover 10 years ago
Also recommended: &quot;Monopoly Is Theft&quot; from 2012 by Christopher Ketcham<p><a href="http://harpers.org/blog/2012/10/monopoly-is-theft/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;harpers.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;monopoly-is-theft&#x2F;</a>
Apofisover 10 years ago
Kind of ironic.