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Monopoly
Dominique Olivier
The plant that monopolised Christmas
A festive staple with a surprisingly cutthroat backstory, the poinsettia’s rise to Christmas royalty is tangled up with colonial meddling, corporate monopolies, and a global plant arms race. This is the unlikely tale of how a fragile Mexican shrub became one of the most powerful products in the modern holiday economy, as told by Dominique Olivier.
Dominique Olivier
Steal, hustle and lie: the Monopoly story
Originally crafted as a game to expose the dangers of monopolies, the popular board game eventually found itself at the centre of the worst of corporate behaviour. This is the story of Monopoly, told by Dominique Olivier.
