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Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

Those infamous game rules might carry a new weight after reading MashableReads' latest book selection, The Monopoplists by Mary Pilon.
http://mashable.com/2015/03/04/the-mo...

A tale of greed and corporate schemings, The Monopoplists unearths the forgotten history of the classic board game Monopoly.

Sure, the Parker Brothers say the game was invented by a poor man during the Great Depression, but, as The Monopolists reveals, the fraught truth of Monopoly's creation is much more scandalous — including the story of how a game designer named Lizzie Magie was actually responsible for Monopoly's origins in the 1900s.

Like a good board game, books are always better with friends. Let us know what you think of The Monopolists here! And Happy Reading!