Did Board Games Cause the Financial Meltdown?

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Interesting theory from http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/...rtainment&utm_source=NL&utm_medium=newsletter


The Big Money has an interesting -- and thought-provoking -- slide show suggesting that the roots of the financial crisis come from the lessons we learned as children playing board games. Just look at these directions from Monopoly:
Monopoly has taught us that financial institutions are invincible. The game's banker cannot go bankrupt, according to the rules: "The Bank never 'goes broke.' If the Bank runs out of money, the Banker may issue as much as needed by writing on any ordinary paper.​
"The Game of Life" and "Payday" encourage players to buy houses even without money and make deals with or without money and "Risk" encourages them to conquer the world. Fantasy? Well, so were the high-tech and subprime derivative bubbles. I know they are joking here, but it does make me wonder what kinds of games we should create to teach today's children to be more careful?

What do you think?
 
SORRY. Get a CLUE, this is a world of AXIS & ALLIES, don't go HUNGRY (Hungry Hippos), or you are going down the SHOOTS & LADDERS.
 
Just trying to CONNECT 4, you know?
 
I agree

Board Games caused the economic crisis

so did video games, comic books, cartoons, movies and tv

Damn entertainment to Hell
 
Yep It must've been Monopoly, created in the 1930s that caused the economic crisis that started in 2008.
 
SORRY. Get a CLUE, this is a world of AXIS & ALLIES, don't go HUNGRY (Hungry Hippos), or you are going down the SHOOTS & LADDERS.

Well, sometimes you've got to take a RISK.
 
Mods: They try to be funny, they just haven't caught on how yet:up:
 
God, I would love to see a political cartoon of Hungry Hungry Hippos eating banks and financial companies.
 
Fashion is also responsible for the economic crisis. Baggy pants, men with long hair, and those wanton ****es gallivanting around in pants.
 
maybe those responsible should go to jail and not pass go.
 
I feel like this whole thread is one big SNL skit that went horribly wrong
 

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