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Which classic board game, first sold in 1935, was originally designed to demonstrate the dangers of monopolies and land ownership concentration?
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Monopoly
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Monopoly grew from Elizabeth Magie's Landlord's Game, patented in 1904 to illustrate the effects of land monopolies. Parker Brothers began selling Monopoly in 1935. Its familiar property-trading format developed from those earlier games.
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