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5. Monopoly Game Removed 'Go to Jail' Option (A Sure Thing)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:10 PM

Jul 2013

http://www.alternet.org/economy/oliver-monopoly-no-go-jail-option-just-real-banks

AlterNet / By Kristen Gwynne

John Oliver: Monopoly Game Removed 'Go to Jail' Option to Reflect America's Financial System
July 26, 2013 |

Hasbro's classic board game Monopoly has eliminated its jail space [3], freeing up time for young players more interested in what the company is calling "snack toys." Interestingly, Monopoly's doing away with "jail" can also be interpreted as a statement on the state of the American economy. As John Oliver hilariously pointed out last night on the Daily Show, "The game designed to teach children how capitalism works has removed the 'go to jail option' to reflect the financial system they're going to grow up in, presumably replacing it with a 'get bailed out by congress and then go directly to the cayman islands option.'"

“Goldman can bet on the future price of aluminum while simultaneously having the ability to goose the future price of aluminum if that’s something they’d find interesting or profitable,” he said, “In the stock market, that’s what known as insider trading. In the commodities market, that’s known as simply Thursday — or Monday or Tuesday or Friday or Wednesday.”

Like I said ... a sure thing

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