In the late-19th-century, noted London printer C.W. Faulkner published a small card game titled Domestic Economy. Needless to say, the title did not refer to Britain's gross national product or budget deficit, but to the subject that today goes by the name of Family and Consumer Science - the successful running of a household. Displayed at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK, 2009-?

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