Sunnan wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:42 +0000, tim hall wrote:
>
>>Bardic rules of hospitality insist upon receiving food, drink and
>>shelter in return for performance. Gift economies strengthen
>>communities, commercial transactions are satisfied purely by money and
>>so full price is charged.
>
> "In return for"... doesn't sound like a gift economy to me.
Guilty as charged, it's a trading exchange.
cheers,
tim hall
Received on Tue Mar 21 16:15:01 2006
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