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Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime

Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime What if the classic board game had better rules for simulating capitalism? March 3, 2018 at 03:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2I2anym

Frankenstein, the Baroness, and the Climate Refugees of 1816


Frankenstein, the Baroness, and the Climate Refugees of 1816
It is 200 years since "The Year Without a Summer," when a sun-obscuring volcanic ash cloud caused temperatures to plummet the world over. Gillen Dā€™Arcy Wood looks at the humanitarian crisis triggered by the unusual weather, and how it offers an alternative lens through which to read Mary Shelleyā€™s "Frankenstein," a book begun in its midst.

June 22, 2016 at 12:37PM
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