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Poleconomy
''Poleconomy'' is a board game invented by New Zealander Bruce E. Hatherley〔 and first published in 1980.〔〔〔 It is similar to ''Monopoly'' but the board is divided into companies rather than properties.〔 Players compete to acquire properties and investments through stylized economic and political activity. The playing time is set by agreement from all players, e.g. 2 hours, and the winner is determined by the monetary sum of all player cash, companies, insurance or other assets. The game can also end when there are no more companies, advertisements in the bank or bonds in the treasury. Another objective of the game is "to teach players some of the fundamentals of economics, and the ways in which the economy and the government interact."〔 Different editions were published for several different countries. The name ''Poleconomy'' is a portmanteau of "politics" and "economy".
==History==
''Poleconomy'' was invented by Bruce Hatherley, a New Zealander from Christchurch who was living in Sydney at the time.〔 He first filed a US patent claim for it in January 1981.〔 It was published in 1980, first in an Australian edition, then a New Zealand edition. The New Zealand edition was produced by Tanner Couch and Robyn Larsen sold the squares on the board as advertising space to the actual companies represented. The New Zealand Stock Exchange was involved with the launch in Auckland. It was also published by World Games.〔
Hatherley contacted Canadian think tank the Fraser Institute to help introduce the game to Canada in 1983. Michael Walker, an employee of the Institute, sold the first squares as advertising and the rest were sold by stockbrokers, who had little other work because of a recession at the time. More than a million dollars was raised by the Institute and ''Poleconomy'' was credited with helping the Institute survive the recession.
It was later sold in South Africa and the United Kingdom in other localised versions. More than 1.5 million copies of ''Poleconomy'' have been sold internationally, incorporating the participation of 260 major corporate sponsors who leased advertising space in the separate national versions. US patent 4,522,407 was granted for the game in 1985.
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