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Mary Pilon

Mary Pilon is a sports reporter at the New York Times and the author of The Monopolists, a book about the history of the game Monopoly. She has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing 2014 and made Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list for media.

Some of the game’s early tokens doubled as prizes in Cracker Jack boxes.

Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality

The story you’ve heard about the creation of the famous board game is far from true