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gift economy

noun

Definitions

  1. A traditional economy where valuable goods are not traded or sold, but rather given away,…

    A traditional economy where valuable goods are not traded or sold, but rather given away, sometimes with the expectation that they (or goods of equivalent or higher value) will later be given back.

    • Community activists will increasingly use hypermedia to replace corporate capitalism and big government with a hi-tech ‘gift economy’ in which information is freely exchanged between participants.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gift economy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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