Game theorist Nicky Case includes the origin of Monopoly in this article as well.

https://blog.ncase.me/i-do-and-i-understand/

Interesting that one permutation of the game places rents into a public treasury to be shared, analogous to real world UBI or other government-facilitated wealth redistribution.

Obviously this is heretical to modern (U.S.) "crony"-capitalism if one only hears political talking points, but it can be the rising tide to lift all boats and keep the game going indefinitely. Thanks for the deep dive!