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Tim Harford: 本期节目探讨了Hasbro公司推出的“Ms. Monopoly”游戏,虽然旨在庆祝女性发明家的贡献,但却忽略了真正的Monopoly发明者Lizzie Magie。这反映了女性在发明专利领域长期被忽视和低估的现状。节目追溯了Monopoly游戏的起源,指出其并非Charles Darrow一人之功,而是经过多人改进和传承,最终被Darrow据为己有。Lizzie Magie作为Landlord's Game的发明者,其游戏后来演变为Monopoly,但她却因性别和社会因素而被历史遗忘。节目还分析了女性在发明专利领域被边缘化的原因,包括教育机会、导师缺乏以及社会偏见等。尽管女性在STEM领域的参与度不断提高,但要实现性别平等仍需漫长的时间。节目最后呼吁,应该给予女性发明家应有的认可和尊重,并反思社会制度和偏见对女性创新能力的影响。 Tim Harford: 节目中详细介绍了Lizzie Magie的生平和成就,她是一位才华横溢的女性,不仅发明了Landlord's Game,还在诗歌、戏剧、小说和散文创作方面展现了非凡的才华。然而,由于性别歧视和社会偏见,她的贡献被Charles Darrow窃取,Monopoly的成功掩盖了她的成就。节目通过对比Lizzie Magie和Charles Darrow的经历,揭示了女性在商业领域的不平等地位。Parker Brothers公司最终收购了Lizzie Magie的Landlord's Game的版权,但价格低廉且没有版税,这进一步体现了女性发明家在商业领域的不平等地位。节目呼吁人们重新认识Lizzie Magie的贡献,并反思社会制度和偏见对女性创新能力的影响。

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The episode begins by questioning the true origins of Monopoly, highlighting Hasbro's Ms. Monopoly game which credits women inventors and raises questions about the recognition of female innovators.

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Lizzie J. Magie (played by Helena Bonham Carter) should be celebrated as the inventor of what would become Monopoly - but her role in creating the smash hit board game was cynically ignored, even though she had a patent.

Discrimination has marred the careers of many inventors and shut others out from the innovation economy entirely. Could crediting forgotten figures such as Lizzie Magie help address continuing disparities in the patenting of new inventions?

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