Monopoly Explains Economics

About David Halliday, Ph.D

A business strategy professor at George Washington University, David is a lifelong student and teacher with a passion for learning complex subjects and making them simpler and easier to understand. Through his business studies, he's earned his Ph.D. in business strategy from UNC-Chapel Hill, and an MBA from Yale. Over the past 15 years, he's taught and contributed to educational efforts through Veritas Prep and Elevate: Partners for Education. When he's not teaching business strategy concepts to graduate students, you'll find him using those strategies to win at board games and lose at negotiations with his four year-old son.

About the class

The economy can be intimidating: more than half of adults report feeling anxious about their own savings and budget, not to even mention the stock market, inflation, supply chains, and the other money matters that dominate the news. But take it from a business Ph.D.: you don’t need a Ph.D. in business to understand the world of money. In fact, if you’ve played Monopoly you already have much of what you need to get the fundamentals of finance and business.

So join David Halliday, Ph.D., professor of business strategy, for a live, interactive, gamified look at important economic principles through the lens of Monopoly. Using Monopoly simulations and challenges, you’ll learn key principles of personal finance, investment, entrepreneurship, and more.