[lbo-talk] Wealth Distribution & Kinetic Theo

[Andy F]

On 4/25/07, JBrown72073 at cs.com <JBrown72073 at cs.com> wrote:
> >CB: Somehow, the "game" of Monopoly comes to mind (smile)
>
> FWIW, it was originally called "the Landlord's Game" and was developed by
> followers of Henry George to demonstrate problems with land ownership and wealth
> concentration.   Originally played over several nights, you could change the
> rules in subsequent play to produce fairer outcomes.

Anybody else ever play Star Power?  It's one of my more vivid memories
from junior high social studies...

<http://www.stsintl.com/schools-charities/star_power.html>

What happens in StarPower?

Participants have a chance to progress from one level of society to
another by acquiring wealth through trading with other participants.
Once the society is established, the group with the most wealth is
given the right to make the rules for the game. The power group
generally makes rules which maintain or increase its power and which
those being governed consider to be unfair. This generally results in
some sort of rebellion by the other members of the society.

-- 
Andy