the gift economy

by chas on December 9, 2008

the erotic life of property how’s that for an attention grabber? In his brilliant book The Gift: The Erotic Life of Property, Lewis Hyde points to two types of economies. In a commodity (or exchange) economy, status is accorded to those who have the most. In a gift economy, status is accorded to those who give the most [...]

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