What is a gift economy Alex Gendler

View full lesson: What if, this holiday season, instead of saying thank you to your aunt for her gift of a knitted sweater, the polite response expected from you was to show up at her house in a week with a better gift Or to vote for her in the town election Or let her adopt your firstborn child Alex Gendler explains how all of these things might not sound so strange if you were involved in a gift economy. Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation