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A whole tangle of historical collisions has intertwined around the creation of the famous 20th century game Monopoly. We will talk about the inventor Lizzie Magie, the economic and philosophical teaching of Georgism, the scam of the Parker Brothers company and find out what Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, the city of Atlanta and the American Quakers have to do with it. In addition, at the lecture you will be able to see a real set of the game Monopoly from 1936, an Indian Monopoly and get acquainted with literature related to the history of the game. The lecturer is Pyotr Ershov, an employee of the historical and cultural complex Merchant Nosov's Mansion, the head of the Old Game Library project. The lecture series is held as part of the project "What Games?" Our website: http://nekrasovka.ru/ VK: http://vk.com/nekrasovkalibrary Telegram: https://t.me/nekrasovkalibrary Subscribe to the channel: / @nekrasovkalibrary