Anti-Monopoly

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Who

Ralph Anspach, an economics professor born to a Jewish family in Germany

When

1973

Where

San Francisco, United States

Ralph Anspach designed a board game in which players break up monopolies rather than build them. Parker Brothers sued; Anspach fought for ten years, and in the course of the case established that Monopoly derived from Elizabeth Magie's 1904 Landlord's Game — a history the trademark had buried.

Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.