Comments on: 8 Personal Finance Lessons I Unlearned From Monopoly http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:30:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: echidnina http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-381021 echidnina Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:20:30 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-381021 I like this post. It's easy to see Monopoly as analogous to real life, but the real world is so complicated that it just can't be explained in a 20-page rulebook. So, of course everything doesn't match up! There's no such thing in real life as Get Out of Jail Free Cards... Some things can definitely match up since the board game is modeled off life, but it's so simplified that you definitely can't rely on a game alone to lead your outlook. The key is to understand what is the same, and what is different. I like this post. It’s easy to see Monopoly as analogous to real life, but the real world is so complicated that it just can’t be explained in a 20-page rulebook. So, of course everything doesn’t match up! There’s no such thing in real life as Get Out of Jail Free Cards… Some things can definitely match up since the board game is modeled off life, but it’s so simplified that you definitely can’t rely on a game alone to lead your outlook. The key is to understand what is the same, and what is different.

]]> By: Pat http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-366715 Pat Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:16:32 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-366715 Not sure that anyone would be the worst for wear if they were never exposed to Monopoly, and do think that it contributes to predatory capitalism style. Monopoly is devoid of politics which is not realistic to teach capitalism in America. Wondering if anyone would miss it if it never existed? Not sure that anyone would be the worst for wear if they were never exposed to Monopoly, and do think that it contributes to predatory capitalism style. Monopoly is devoid of politics which is not realistic to teach capitalism in America.

Wondering if anyone would miss it if it never existed?

]]> By: Matt http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-355252 Matt Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:57:47 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-355252 The different spaces have different probabilities because of all the cards that change your starting location, like going to jail. The different spaces have different probabilities because of all the cards that change your starting location, like going to jail.

]]> By: Zachary Cole http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-352256 Zachary Cole Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:14:19 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-352256 St. James/Tennessee/New York are orange not brown St. James/Tennessee/New York are orange not brown

]]> By: Josh http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-330460 Josh Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:41:19 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-330460 Two things: Patrick - Wednesday - 10/03 at 2:45 pm ------------------------------------ You are incorrect. You still conduct business as usual when in jail. Joe - Sunday - 11/01 at 10:36 pm ------------------------------------ Monopoly is a much more complicated game than you give it credit for. You are clearly also not a mathematics whiz. Look at this site: http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml#Long_term. Let me know if you find any errors in his logic. Two things:

Patrick – Wednesday – 10/03 at 2:45 pm
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You are incorrect. You still conduct business as usual when in jail.

Joe – Sunday – 11/01 at 10:36 pm
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Monopoly is a much more complicated game than you give it credit for. You are clearly also not a mathematics whiz. Look at this site: http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml#Long_term. Let me know if you find any errors in his logic.

]]> By: Joe http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-330253 Joe Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:36:17 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-330253 Who wrote this? "probability studies"? It doesn't take a mathmatcs whiz to know that statistically all properties have an equal chance of being landed on. I stopped reading right there. That one statement has discredited everything else that was said. Who wrote this? “probability studies”? It doesn’t take a mathmatcs whiz to know that statistically all properties have an equal chance of being landed on. I stopped reading right there. That one statement has discredited everything else that was said.

]]> By: greatwolf13 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-164391 greatwolf13 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:03:20 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-164391 I think the house rules make this game more interesting. We always allowed a lot of trading and barganing. I always tried to sucker someone into a trade that so that I would give them the last property they needed to complete a color and then I would put the condition that they can not charge me rent if I land on that color. SUCKERS !!!! I think the house rules make this game more interesting. We always allowed a lot of trading and barganing. I always tried to sucker someone into a trade that so that I would give them the last property they needed to complete a color and then I would put the condition that they can not charge me rent if I land on that color. SUCKERS !!!!

]]> By: barbara stanny http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-162619 barbara stanny Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:58:34 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-162619 Very clever post. My favorite: Expensive isn't Necessarily Better. I find it fascinating that browns are more desirable, even though blue is where all the glitz is. Great metaphor! Thank you, Barbara Stanny, author http://www.barbarastanny.com Very clever post. My favorite: Expensive isn’t Necessarily Better. I find it fascinating that browns are more desirable, even though blue is where all the glitz is. Great metaphor!

Thank you,

Barbara Stanny, author
http://www.barbarastanny.com

]]> By: Patrick http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-162107 Patrick Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:45:12 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-162107 uhhh... since when do you collect rent when you are in jail? I thought once you landed in jail, you couldn't collect rent until you got out. I always loved it when people landed in jail and I was about to pass through the dreaded Yellow-Green-Go to Jail corner. *shudder* I guess that's one of the fun things about Monopoly - everyone plays with their own "house rules!" :D uhhh… since when do you collect rent when you are in jail? I thought once you landed in jail, you couldn’t collect rent until you got out. I always loved it when people landed in jail and I was about to pass through the dreaded Yellow-Green-Go to Jail corner. *shudder*

I guess that’s one of the fun things about Monopoly – everyone plays with their own “house rules!” :D

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-161963 Mrs. Micah Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:02:39 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-161963 Good point about the Blue properties. I was always terrified that someone else would get them. They're also completely worthless if you can't attract people to use them. At least in Monopoly you could hope for the opponent to roll the right number. Good point about the Blue properties. I was always terrified that someone else would get them. They’re also completely worthless if you can’t attract people to use them. At least in Monopoly you could hope for the opponent to roll the right number.

]]> By: Pinyo http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-161735 Pinyo Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:05:16 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-161735 Very clever. I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely brought back some fond (and not so fond) memories. Very clever. I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely brought back some fond (and not so fond) memories.

]]> By: Kyle @ Rather-Be-Shopping.com http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-161677 Kyle @ Rather-Be-Shopping.com Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:33:12 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-161677 Nice analogy! I really like your "You Don't Need Luck" analogy, totally agree. Personally, I always go after the brown that you mentioned but also the red and yellow properties!! Nice analogy! I really like your “You Don’t Need Luck” analogy, totally agree. Personally, I always go after the brown that you mentioned but also the red and yellow properties!!

]]> By: Xias http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-161672 Xias Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:07:11 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-161672 Great post, I love monopoly, almost as much as I do RISK ;) Great post, I love monopoly, almost as much as I do RISK ;)

]]> By: KCLau http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html/comment-page-1#comment-161613 KCLau Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:52:18 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/8-personal-finance-lessons-i-unlearned-from-monopoly.html#comment-161613 very nice elaboration. I still play the game from time to time. Probably this will be the first game I will play with my son when he is big enough. very nice elaboration. I still play the game from time to time. Probably this will be the first game I will play with my son when he is big enough.

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