A monopoly happens when a business dominates an industry or sector and can therefore control price changes and create entry barriers for competitors. It’s often used as shorthand in the eyes of the ...

In 1935, a man named Charles Darrow removed the game’s socialist critique (the version that taxed land), renamed it Monopoly and sold it to Parker Brothers. The game was now focused on the ...

Monopoly, Settlers of Catan and blackjack all involve strategy. To win these games, you have to consider how your opponents might play and use that information to inform your own moves. That’s also ...

For the last 60-plus years, the Nigerian government has maintained exclusive regulatory oversight over the sector, ...

"It's a very simple analysis that is more accurate than people give it credit for," says Giacomo Santangelo, a lecturer in economics at Fordham University. At the heart of the scene is Theo's argument ...

Pioneering political cartoonist Thomas Nast died in 1902, but his sharp wit still is relevant. Take, for example, his famous “It Was Him” cartoon of an outward-facing circle of corrupt New York ...