Re:There's Nothing Free Market About the Board Game Monopoly
by Imnimo on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:11PM
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This is a very weird article. It should have been trivial to argue against Turner's tweet, because obviously a board game is not real economics. Instead, the author lands on "actually, Monopoly games take a long time" as a good argument to include. I wonder if the author knows that this happens because people add a wealth-redistributing "Free Parking" house rule?
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Re:There's Nothing Free Market About the Board Game Monopoly
by macdaknife on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:40AM
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That rule is designed to shorten the game.
Re:There's Nothing Free Market About the Board Game Monopoly
by Doxin on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:33AM
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Regardless of whether it's designed to shorten the game, it lengthens it significantly. Monopoly only ends when enough money leaves the economy. With the free parking lottery a LOT less money leaves the economy, leading to extended play time.
Re:There's Nothing Free Market About the Board Game Monopoly
by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:38AM
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> Monopoly only ends when enough money leaves the economy.
Not true. Monopoly ends when one player can take money from others faster than they can accumulate it. There can still be net money into the players, just not net money in to most of the players.
Re:There's Nothing Free Market About the Board Game Monopoly
by joshstrange on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:48AM
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Not to mention the UBI of “passing go”