Monopoly

Obama Appoints Mr. Monopoly as Economic Advisor

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Read More: White House, William Daley, Mr. Monopoly, Wall Street, Board Games, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, William Daley Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, Business, Gene Sperling, Monopoly, Barack Obama, Comedy News

In his continuing efforts to forge better ties with business, President Obama has appointed Rich Uncle Pennybags, aka Mr. Monopoly, as Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

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WATCH: STREET ART: Artist Alec Monopoly Is The Spray Paint Zorro

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Clear Channel Communications, Games, Board Game, Recreation, Museum of American Finance, Video Games, John Wellington Ennis, Game, Street Art, Monopoly, Los Angeles, Economy and Trading, New York, Arts News

It was a social message that first inspired Alec to start spreading his Monopoly Man mischief around town. As the economy collapsed and crooks were c...

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The Ag Hearings Are Over -- Is That All There Is?

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Monopoly, Antitrust, Sustainable Agriculture, Usda, Doj, Monsanto, Agriculture, Home News

All told, more than 15,000 farmers, advocacy groups, and businesses submitted written comments. Hundreds of people attended each of the five public hearings held around the country since March.

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Comcast Busted: New Tolls for Netflix Aren't All You Should Worry About

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Fcc, Comcast, Free Press, Julius Genachowski, Nbc, Net Neutrality, Netflix, Monopoly, Technology News

Comcast's abuses show us what a media monopoly looks like in the Internet age -- one company, consolidating its media power to squash competitors, stifle innovation and free speech, and gouge consumers.

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'Settlers Of Catan' Is The 'Monopoly' Of Our Time

Washington Post | Blake Eskin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Monopoly, Board Games, Settlers of Catan, Home News

Then again, though its vocabulary is depressingly current, the game is in other ways completely inappropriate today. Instead, the great board game of ...

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PHOTOS: STREET ART: Mr. Monopoly Gets Political

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Mr Monopoly, Monopoly, Slidepollajax, La Street Art, Fat Cats, Health Care, Corporate Greed, Alec Monopoly, Street Art, Arts News

Mr Monopoly finds himself in a unique position. Unlike other evil mascots, like the Hamburglar or Count Chocula, we're supposed to actually hate the ...

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WATCH: Monopoly Board As Guide To Atlantic City

Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Monopoly, Video, Monopoly Atlantic City, Atlantic City, Travel News

Our friend Robert Reid, the U.S. editor at Lonely Planet, regularly hosts "76-second travel shows" on the Lonely Planet blog. His shows are always...

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Ninety Years On - Will the Feds Finally Break Up the Meat Monopoly?

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Tom Vilsack, Packers and Stockyards Act, Farmers, Monopoly, Hogs, Antitrust, Conspiracy, Food, Cattle, Ranchers, Meat, Meat Industry, Food Monnopoly, Eric Holder, Food Industry, Green News

In 1919 the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported to President Woodrow Wilson on a months-long investigation that produced seven volumes of evide...

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Seeds of Life: Seed Industry Structure (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Monopoly, Seeds, Department of Justice, Bayer, Usda, Frank Morton, Monsanto, Corn, Seed Companies, Green News

Understanding the organizational structure of the seed industry may seem a pursuit into the arcane, and wonkish world of academics, and private seed breeders. This is certainly not the case.

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When Capitalism Fails -- The Ugly World of Monopolies

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Monopoly, Facebook Privacy Settings, Capitalism, Facebook, Netscape, Microsoft, Monopolies, Business News

Monopolies have virtually no competition and can dictate prices to their customers unless they are restricted by regulators. One company that many would call a monopoly is Facebook.

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Amazon Tries For Online Bookselling Monopoly In Europe

MobyLives | Dennis Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Independent Bookstores, Europe Bookstores, Bookstores, Amazon Monopoly, Bookselling, Books, Independent Booksellers, Monopoly, Amazon, Books News

The Independent Online Booksellers Association has issued a public letter to the EU and fair trade offices in Germany, the UK, France and elsewhere co...

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Google Books May Change Copyright Law And Privacy

San Jose Mercury News | Mike Swift | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Consumer Advocates, Google, Ereaders, Copyright, Microsoft, Class Action, Monopoly, Orphan Books, Digital Library, Digital Books, Author's Guild, Privacy, Yahoo, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

SAN JOSE -- Sometime in the near future, a federal judge will decide whether Google can proceed with its plan to create a digital library and bookstor...

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Book Alert! Monopolies on the Loose!

William Petrocelli | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Monopoly, Business, Books News

Barry Lynn's description of monopolization, in The New Monopoly of Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction, in the wider economy is like a game of three-dimensional chess with shifting power centers and hidden strategies. But the overall direction of the game is clear.

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New Monopoly Board: Credit Cards Replace Money, Boards Get Circular In 'Revolutions'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Monopoly, Hasbro, Monopoly-Board-Game, Toy Fair, Monopoly Money, Poll, Business News

Monopoly, which turns 75 this year, is celebrating with a modern redesign. The game's anniversary edition, which features a circular board, elimina...

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Save the Whales! Abolish Patents! The Case of Green Technology

David K. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Innovation, Intellectual Property, Carbon Emissions, Environment, Patents, Green Technology, Monopoly, Global Warming, Green News

"Green" patents seem to be a no-brainer. Want to encourage technology? Give people monopolies for inventing things.

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The Gift America Needs Most: Manufacturing

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Harley-Davidson, Barbie, Manufacturing Strategy, Steel, Derivatives, Erector Set, Manufacturing, Wall Street Journal, Santa, Unemployment, General Motors, Wall Street, Great Recession, Furlough, New York Times, Monopoly, Business News

The gift this country needs most this holiday season is an economy built on a solid foundation, one that will provide middle class, family-supporting jobs now and into the future.

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Products Launched During A Recession Have Great Stamina

Mainstreet | Seth Fiegerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Ipod, General Electric, Twinkies, Monopoly, Inventions, Photocopier, Basketball, Fortune Magazine, Miracle Whip, Recession, Diet Coke, Scotch Tape, Coors, Nestle, Heinz, Business News

More than half of the companies on this year's Fortune 500 list were founded during a recession or bear market. The next breakthrough business could b...

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Ralph Anspach: Monopoly Game's Creator Spent Decades Fighting Corporate Owner

Wall Street Journal | MARY PILON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Monopoly History, Economics, UC Berkeley, Monopoly, Origins, History of Monopoly, Ralph Anspach, Great Depression, Monopoly Game, Landlord's Game, Monopoly Board Game, Hasbro, Supreme Court, Elizabeth Magie, Economist, Professor Anspach, Parker Brothers, Home News

Ralph Anspach, an 83-year-old economics professor, spent decades locked in a real-life battle with Monopoly and its corporate owners. The campaign den...

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Obama Wins Family Monopoly Game: Sparks Right Wing Outrage

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Monopoly, Comedy, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Real Estate, President Obama, Comedy News

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced this morning that the President and his family played a game of monopoly in the White House kitchen this past Sunday, which the President won. Reaction from the right was instantaneous and vitriolic.

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Norwegian Wins Monopoly Championship

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Monopoly, Games, Monopoly-World-Edition, Norway, World News

A 19-year-old Norwegian is $20,580 (£12,200) richer - in real money - after sweeping the board at the World Monopoly Championships in Las Vegas....

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The Most Ominous Monopoly

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Electronic Voting, Hunt Oil, Diebold, Touchscreeen Voting, ES&S, Paperless Voting, Monopoly, Carolyn Hunt, Chuck Hagel, Capitalism: A Love Story, Politics News

America's love story with capitalism is crystallized in the merger of two computerized voting machine giants like nothing that has ever been seen before in American history.

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Monopoly's Hidden Maps Help World War II Prisoner's Of War Escape

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Hidden Monopoly Maps, World War Two POW, POW Escape, World War Two, Monopoly Hidden Maps, Pow, Monopoly, POW Escape Maps, World War Two POW Escape, World News

During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely part...

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Save the Whales! Abolish Patents!

David K. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Generics, Monopoly, Health Care Reform, Copyrights, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Patents, Business News

The case for drastically reducing and eventually abolishing medical patents is clear: they raise the social cost of drugs, and medicine, while providing little or even a negative incentive for medical innovation.

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